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identifier

[ahy-den-tuh-fahy, ih-den-]

i·den·ti·fy

[ahy-den-tuh-fahy, ih-den-] verb, i·den·ti·fied, i·den·ti·fy·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
2.
to serve as a means of identification for: His gruff voice quickly identified him.
3.
to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical: They identified Jones with the progress of the company.
4.
to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually followed by with): He preferred not to identify himself with that group.
5.
Biology. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
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6.
Psychology. to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by identification.
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verb (used without object)
7.
to experience psychological identification: The audience identified with the play's characters.

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Identifier is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Origin:
1635–45; < Medieval Latin identificāre, equivalent to identi(tās) identity + -ficāre -fy

i·den·ti·fi·a·ble, adjective
i·den·ti·fi·a·bil·i·ty, i·den·ti·fi·a·ble·ness, noun
i·den·ti·fi·er, noun
o·ver·i·den·ti·fy, verb, o·ver·i·den·ti·fied, o·ver·i·den·ti·fy·ing.
pre·i·den·ti·fy, verb (used with object), pre·i·den·ti·fied, pre·i·den·ti·fy·ing.
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re·i·den·ti·fy, verb (used with object), re·i·den·ti·fied, re·i·den·ti·fy·ing.
un·i·den·ti·fi·a·ble, adjective
un·i·den·ti·fi·a·b·ly, adverb
un·i·den·ti·fied, adjective
un·i·den·ti·fy·ing, adjective
well-i·den·ti·fied, adjective
COLLAPSE


1. distinguish, place, know, determine.

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identifier (aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ)
 
n
a person or thing that establishes the identity of someone or something

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identifier definition


1. 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.
Each different type of entity may have a different range of valid identifiers or "name space". For example, an identifier in C is a series of one or more letters, digits and underscores that does not begin with a digit. An identifier has a type, e.g. integer variable, hash, variant and a scope, e.g. block, global.
(2006-05-29)
2. (id) A primary key. The column containing a table's primary key is frequently named after the table with "_id" appended, e.g. "customer_id".
(2006-05-29)

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