For instance, a device serial number field could contain the manufacturer's serial number, an asset tag number issued by the organization that installs it, or something completely different.

例如，设备序列号字段可以包含生产商的序列号、由安装设备的组织指定的资产标号或其他完全不同的内容。

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For one thing, LaFollie relayed the serial number from the aluminum tag, a number Mann has never forgotten: 42023412.

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