Attribute

The word "attribute" can refer to:

In philosophy, property, an abstraction of a characteristic of an entity or substance
In art, an object that identifies a figure, most commonly referring to objects held by saints - see emblem
In social sciences, a characteristic of a variable
A deity's aspect; see Negative theology

In computing:

Attribute (computing), a factor of an object or other kind of entity
SMART attribute Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
Attribute (network management), a property of a managed object that has a value
A property inherent in a database entity or associated with that entity for database purposes. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language In modern Philosophy, Mathematics, and Logic, a property is an Attribute of an object; thus a red object is said to have the property --> Abstraction is the process or result of generalization by reducing the information An entity is something that has a distinct separate Existence, though it need not be a material existence An emblem is a pictorial Image, abstract or representational that epitomizes a Concept — e The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including Anthropology, Communication studies Negative theology - also known as the Via Negativa ( Latin for "Negative Way" and Apophatic theology - is a Theology that In Computing, an attribute is a specification that defines a property of an object element or file In Network management, an attribute is a property of a Managed object that has a value A Computer Database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system This definition is especially relevant for dimensional tables. In Data warehousing, a dimension table is one of the set of companion tables to a Fact table.
A parameter of an element in SGML-based markup languages like HTML and XML. The Standard Generalized Markup Language ( ISO 88791986 SGML) is an ISO Standard Metalanguage in which one can define Markup languages See HTML#Attributes

In gaming:

Attribute (role-playing games), a type of statistic for a fictional character
Attribute (game), a board game

HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure An attribute is a piece of data (a “ statistic ” that describes to what extent a Fictional character in a Role-playing game possesses a specific A board game is a Game in which counters or pieces that are placed on removed from or moved across a "board" (a premarked surface usually specific to that game

Dictionary

-noun

A characteristic or quality of a thing.
(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
(computing) The applicable option selection; a variable or a value.
(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
(computing) An item with which a method, etc. may be decorated.

-verb

(used with to before the object) To associate ownership or authorship with.

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