identifier

noun

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

(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.

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

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

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).

(databases) A primary key.

Roots

idemident- · Latin · same

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Where does identifier come from?

The word identifier breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root ident-, from Latin idem (“same”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.