I've been browsing through installed apps trying to find ones I don't need, uninstall them, and save some space. The first app I came across the Acer Identity Card, which is basically a simple portable program that gives you information about your computer, such as serial number and product model, which is useful if you need to contact customer support, for example. Actually that's the only real usage example I can think of, but maybe it is enough to keep the program... is the conclusion I came to.
The program did mention a few additional things apart from Serial Number, Product Model & Date of Purchase (which you fill in yourself, as for me I don't really remember so I looked them up). First field gives you the part number, and though it's defined quite clearly online it still leaves me curious, is the number referring to a specific component within the computer? Or could it be the computer itself?
A part number is a unique identifier of a part used in a particular industry. Its purpose is to simplify referencing to that part. A part number unambiguously defines a part within a single manufacturer.
A few fields such as FUB & DLR were really mystifying. It turns out FUB stands for "Final Boss of Game" or "Fat Ugly Bastard". Really, don't they have answers for stuff like this online? Now I'm very curious, and it seems like my curiosity won't be relieved anytime soon.
DLR was easier to find , it stands for:
Design (or sometimes Detail) Layout Record.
What else? There's SNID too, Google tells me this is:
In geometry, the snub dodecahedron, or snub icosidodecahedron, is an Archimedean solid, one of thirteen convex isogonal nonprismatic solids constructed by two or more types of regular polygon faces.
Really? I doubt that. I think it stands for Serial Number ID. Sound reasonable? There's a lot of mysteries left unraveled with this program, but at least some things were figured out. If you know more, post a comment.
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FUB = First User Boot
DLR = Date of Last Recovery
SNID = Serial Number ID (of the computer)
Note: The FUB and DLR fields are only used by authorized Acer Technicians.
Looks like I had DLR all wrong, but SNID guessed right. Thanks for shedding some light on this ancient mystery! And what a surprise too, with a new comment on such an old forgotten post! Appreciate it. :)