how to select first N rows from a table in T-SQL?

Question

Is there any way to select, for example, first 10 rows of a table in T-SQL (working MSSQL)?
I think I saw something in Oracle defined as rownum meta variable, used in a

Answer 1

SELECT TOP 10 * FROM TABLE_NAME ORDER BY ORDERED_UNIQUE_COLUMN DESC

ORDERED_UNIQUE_COLUMN could be your incrementing primary key or a timestamp