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 ANSI Common Lisp    25 Environment    25.2 Dictionary of Environment
 
| 25.2.26  machine-instance | 
Function | 
  
 - Syntax:
 - 
machine-instance
 < no arguments > 
  
  description
  - Arguments and Values:
 - 
description - a string or nil.
  - Description:
 - 
Returns a string that identifies the particular instance of
the computer hardware on which Common Lisp is running, 
or nil if no such string can be computed.
  - Examples:
 - 
 (machine-instance)
  "ACME.COM"
OR "S/N 123231"
OR "18.26.0.179"
OR "AA-00-04-00-A7-A4"
 
  - Affected By:
 - 
The machine instance,
and the implementation.
  - See Also:
 - 
machine-type, machine-version
  - Allegro CL Implementation Details:
 - 
 None.
  
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