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A count that identifies one thing.
Also known as: Serial marking, Unit serial number
The identifier distinguishing one manufactured item from every other of its kind.
Identifies one individual manufactured item, as against the model number that identifies its design.
Contexts: Public information
Distinguished from a model number by what it names: two identical items share a model and never a serial, which is the distinction that makes warranty, recall and theft records possible at all.
Contexts: Public information
Frequently the only thing tying an item to a record about it, which is why its removal is treated as evidence of an attempt to break that link.
Contexts: Public information
A line of digits and letters stamped, etched or printed on the item and repeated on its packaging and documentation.