What is the correct name for those matrices where $M{i,j}$ = 1 if i = j, 0 o.w.?

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Is there a name for matrices of this form?

$T\in \mathbb{R}^{m\times n}, T_{i,j}= \begin{array}{cc} \{ \begin{array}{cc} 1 & i=j \\ 0 & \text{True} \\ \end{array} \\ \end{array}$

Such as these:

$\begin{array}{cccc} \left( \begin{array}{c} 1 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{cc} 1 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right) \\ \left( \begin{array}{c} 1 \\ 0 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{cc} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right) \\ \left( \begin{array}{c} 1 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{cc} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right) \\ \left( \begin{array}{c} 1 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{cc} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right) & \left( \begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\ \end{array} \right) \\ \end{array}$