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CRSid (Common Registration Service identifier)

The CRSid (Common Registration Service identifier) is a login name issued by the University Computing Service and used to identify a person on any computing system managed by the University Computing Service, including Raven, Hermes and the PWF. It is also used as a login name on many computing systems managed by other University Institutions. In particular, the CRSid forms part of a user's @cam email address.

The CRSid is generated from the initials of the person, although not all initials are always used and should a person change their name, the CRSid normally remains the same. So a Cambridge user Arthur Brown might have CRSid AB999 and his @cam email address would be AB999@cam.ac.uk.

It is not possible for a person to request a specific identifier and CRSids are never reissued.

The title of this document is: CRSid (Common Registration Service identifier)
URL: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/instadmin/crsid.html