identifier
pronunciation
How to pronounce identifier in British English:
UK [aɪˈdentɪfaɪə(r)]
How to pronounce identifier in American English:
US [ aɪˈdentɪfaɪər]
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- Noun:
- a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it
Word Origin
- identifier (n.)
- "thing that identifies," 1870, agent noun from identify.
Example
- 1. Without an identifier , there is no way to represent an entity as metadata .
- 2. The ugi initiative would provide an unique global identifier for every hotel and organization in the sell / stay transaction process .
- 3. We detect when objects actually have the same underlying structure - the same properties in the same order - and associate them with a structure identifier , or structureid .
- 4. For example , " when showing you tailored ads , we will not associate a cookie or anonymous identifier with sensitive categories , such as those based on race , religion , sexual orientation or health . "
- 5. Given this description of identifier resolution , it makes sense that local variables should have faster identifier resolution than variables from other scopes because the search for a matching name is much shorter .