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identifier

noun

Etymology

From identify + -er.

  1. derived from faciō
  2. derived from identicus
  3. borrowed from identifier
  4. formed as identifier — “identify + -er”

Definitions

  1. Someone who identifies

    Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of someone or something.

    • The Identifier personally inspects each horse in each race by verifying the lip tattoo, body color, head and leg markings, scars, and chestnut (night eyes).
    • The foal papers are documents recording the horse's registration; no horse can start in any race unless his papers are in the hands of the track's identifier.
    • Here, we would use the anonymous key technique to obtain a quantum identification protocol AKI of the challenge-response type in which the identifier cannot pretend to be the identifiee […]

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

    • Prehistoric artists used hand-prints in cave paintings, perhaps as a 'signature'. They might be considered the earliest example of a biometric identifier.
    • The source stated that the alleged victims wanted the paperwork released after the settlement, but with names and identifiers removed.

  3. One who identifies as a particular type or role

    One who identifies as a particular type or role; one who says and believes that they are a certain thing.

    • While the DOJ and BOJS already calculate data by gender, trans identifiers are not included, it is solely by men and women
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom,…

      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).

    2. A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package,…

      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.

    3. A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.

    4. A primary key.

The neighborhood

Derived

key set identifier, self-identifier, service set identifier, uniform resource identifier, unique identifier, universally unique identifier

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for identifier. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA