identifier

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

to identify + -er

[edit] Noun

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Singular
identifier

Plural
identifiers

identifier (plural identifiers)

  1. Someone who identifies.
  2. (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.
  3. (databases) A primary key.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin identificare.

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identifier

  1. to identify

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