IDENTIFIER

identifier

(noun) a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

identifier (plural identifiers)

Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of.

Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.

A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star).

(programming, operating systems) A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.

(HTML) A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.

(databases) A primary key.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

15 May 2025

PARSIMONIOUS

(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; ā€œparsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulsesā€; ā€œlived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgenceā€


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