serial number
Numbering scheme – System of rules for assigning mathematical values to database items
Part number – Identifier of a particular part design in engineering
Product key – Specific software-based key for a computer program
SQL – Programming language for management and use of relational databases (serial identifiers for databases)
Arithmometer – 19th-century mechanical calculator patented by French inventor Thomas de Colmar – one of the first machines to sport a unique serial number