Accession number may mean:
- Accession number (bioinformatics), a unique identifier given to a biological polymer sequence (DNA, protein) when it is submitted to a sequence database.
- Accession number (library science), the sequential number given to each new book, magazine subscription, or recording as it is entered in the catalog of a library.
- Accession number (medicine), a unique identifier for an order, used in medical information systems like a LIS or RIS. Image data generated as a response to the order usually contain the accession number, making it possible to link images with orders.
Famous quotes containing the word number:
“States strong enough to do good are but few.
Their number would seem limited to three.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)