5. A computer program product for truncating character strings in a computing environment, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium including a computer readable program including program instructions, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to: receive a list including plural character strings; truncate one or more of the character strings to generate a display list of unique character strings based on determining a truncation location within each string, including: scoring each character in the string for similarity to the other characters in the display list and then finding the lowest scoring N characters where N is the length of the truncated string; if the determined truncation location does not reach either end of the string, then truncating at that location; wherein the strings are truncated at the beginning, end, or in between; and display the character strings of the display list in context with each other on a user interface; wherein each displayed character string is unique in relation to the other displayed character strings, enabling a user to more easily differentiate between the displayed character string.
5. A computer program product for truncating character strings in a computing environment, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium including a computer readable program including program instructions, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to: receive a list including plural character strings; truncate one or more of the character strings to generate a display list of unique character strings based on determining a truncation location within each string, including: scoring each character in the string for similarity to the other characters in the display list and then finding the lowest scoring N characters where N is the length of the truncated string; if the determined truncation location does not reach either end of the string, then truncating at that location; wherein the strings are truncated at the beginning, end, or in between; and display the character strings of the display list in context with each other on a user interface; wherein each displayed character string is unique in relation to the other displayed character strings, enabling a user to more easily differentiate between the displayed character string. 7. The computer program product of claim 5 further including program instructions for truncating each of the character strings to generate a display list of unique truncated character strings.