group identifier

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group identifier - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  group identifier
  
     <operating system> (gid) A unique number, between 0 an 32767,
     identifying a set of users under Unix.  Gids are found in
     the /etc/passwd and /etc/group databases (or their NIS
     equivalents) and one is also associated with each file,
     indicating the group to which its group permissions apply.
  
     (1996-12-01)