DESCRIPTOR
descriptor
(noun) a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
form, word form, signifier, descriptor
(noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; “the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
descriptor (plural descriptors)
That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
(computing) The name of a category of data in an information storage and retrieval system.
Synonyms
• (information science): index term
Anagrams
• discerptor, predictors
Source: Wiktionary
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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