What does identifier mean?

Definitions for identifier
iden·ti·fi·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. identifiernoun

    a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it

Wiktionary

  1. identifiernoun

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

  2. identifiernoun

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

  3. identifiernoun

    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).

  4. identifiernoun

    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.

  5. identifiernoun

    A primary key.

ChatGPT

  1. identifier

    An identifier is a name given to a variable, function, class, module, or any other user-defined object in programming or coding, which is used to uniquely identify it in a program or code. Identifiers are symbols used to store or manipulate data within a program or a system. They follow certain rules and conventions set by the programming language being used.

Wikidata

  1. Identifier

    An identifier is a name that identifies either a unique object or a unique class of objects, where the "object" or class may be an idea, physical [countable] object, or physical [noncountable] substance. The abbreviation ID often refers to identity, identification, or an identifier. An identifier may be a word, number, letter, symbol, or any combination of those. The words, numbers, letters, or symbols may follow an encoding system or they may simply be arbitrary. When an identifier follows an encoding system, it is often referred to as a code or ID code. Identifiers that do not follow any encoding scheme are often said to be arbitrary IDs; they are arbitrarily assigned and have no greater meaning. ID codes inherently carry metadata along with them. Arbitrary identifiers carry no metadata.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of identifier in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of identifier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of identifier in a Sentence

  1. Capitol Police:

    Without being aware of an officer’s emergency, the Department does not dispatch additional units or resources for an officer in distress. And if the on-duty Watch Commander is not notified of emergency identifier activations, they cannot respond to a situation.

  2. New York:

    No one in New York is being turned away from life-saving treatment because of their race or any demographic identifier.

  3. Tanya Rodriguez-Hodges:

    I admire our youth for taking something that they felt was not gender neutral and changing it as an identifier to represent who they are, where they are right now.

  4. Tim Mackey:

    The [ SSN ] system was never designed around' I need to revoke mine and introduce a new one,' one of the first attributes [ to a new system ] would be that we have some sort of method to revoke or replace that digital identifier.

  5. The Baltimore company:

    All recalled products have a Fresh Creative Cuisine label and/or identifier on the bottom of the label with the Fresh Creative Cuisine name and a fresh through or sell through date ranging from January 31, 2023 through February 6, 2023.

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