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The name or structure of a field in a database entity. For example, lastname, firstname, and phone are attributes of each record in a PhoneList entity. The size of a field and the type of information [..]
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n. ~ A feature or characteristic; a property. Notes:  'Attribute' is often used to describe the nature of electronic data. For example, a data value's attributes may include its data ty [..]
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A measurable property of seismic data, such as amplitude, dip, frequency, phase and polarity. Attributes can be measured at one instant in time or over a time window, and may be measured on a single t [..]
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a quality belonging to or characteristic of an entity The authors found that when the available prospects varied more in attributes such as age, height, occupation and educational background, people m [..]
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A characteristic of an object or entity.
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"quality ascribed to someone," late 14c., from Latin attributum "anything attributed," noun use of neuter of attributus (see attribute (v.)). Distinguished from the verb by pronunc [..]
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late 14c., "assign, bestow," from Latin attributus, past participle of attribuere "assign to, add, bestow;" figuratively "to attribute, ascribe, impute," from ad- "t [..]
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characteristics, properties or features which allow items to be sorted and classified as belonging to a set or group.
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Refer to "See Also" column to the right.
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to think to be caused by.
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something belonging or characteristic of a person, thing, or group.
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In painting an attribute is an object (often symbolic) associated with - and seeming to identify - a particular figure, such as a saint. For instance, Saint Peter holds the keys of Heaven and Hell and [..]
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A value associated with an object which is referenced by name using dotted expressions. For example, if an object o has an attribute a it would be referenced as o.a.
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Attribute has different meanings as a noun and a verb: An attribute (noun) in art is an object or animal associated with a particular personage; to attribute (verb) a work of art is to suggest it may [..]
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An attribute defined by a class represents a named property of the class or its objects. An attribute has a type that defines the type of its instances. [D04806]
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Configuration data that defines the characteristics of database objects such as the chassis, cards, ports, or virtual circuits of a particular device. Attributes might be preset or user-configurable. On a LightStream 2020 ATM switch, attributes are set using the configuration program or CLI commands.
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impute: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" property: a construct whereb [..]
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written or said by.
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In database management, a property inherent in an entity or associated with that entity for database purposes. 2. In network management, a property of a managed object that has a value. Note 1: Mandatory initial values for attributes can be specified as part of the managed object class definition. Note 2: Attributes may be either mandatory or condi [..]
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The functional and physical nature of a technological outcome.
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A characteristic or property of an object, such as size, color, or shape.
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Internet Glossary (1) A characteristic. In a word processing application, an underlined word would be said to have the underline attribute. In database systems, a field can have various attributes. For example, if it contains numeric data, it has the numeric attribute. (2) In database management systems, the term attribute is sometimes used as a sy [..]
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An attribute supplies additional information within an element. Attributes come in name/value pairs and are always inside the start tag. Looking at this simple example of an a tag (<a></a>), <a href=&quot;http://www.thinkingit.com.au&quot;>hyperlink</a> the href is the attribute name with http://www.thinkingit.com.au [..]
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An attribute extends a tag, changing tag behavior or providing metadata. An attribute always has the form name=value (giving the attribute's identifier and the attribute's associated value). [..]
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A characteristic to describe an object usually within a pattern. The attribute usually refers to the shape, size, or color.
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(1) A characteristic. In a word processing application, an underlined word would be said to have the underline attribute. In database systems, a field can have various attributes. For example, if it c [..]
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As defined in Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic) discrimination is prohibited on the basis of the following attributes: age, breastfeeding, employment activity, gender identity, disability,industrial activity, lawful sexual activity, marital status, parental status or status as a carer, physical features, political belief or activity, pregnancy, race [..]
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This is a command that goes inside a tag to further define what the tag does. More info is available in the basic tutorials.
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to quote the original source of material, whether it be a quote of copyrighted work.
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To identify who said something, either as a quote or as reported speech. Attribution is important to maintain credibility.
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A characteristic of an object, such as color, shape, size, etc. That characteristic can also identify the object as part of a larger group.
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The being, essence, nature and substance of.
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A quality, characteristic or entity that defines properties of a subject (e.g., person), object or element.
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A quality or characteristic of a design item.
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A distinguishing characteristic of appearance.
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An attribute is a characteristic or feature that is being investigated.
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to quote the original source of material, whether it be a quote of copyrighted work.
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In general an attribute is a variable that can take only certain fixed values: sometimes known as a discrete variable.
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To give someone the proper credit for what he or she has said or written.
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to write the name of source of your information when using a quote, of book, or a part of any copyrighted work.
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Specifies a property of an HTML element. Attributes are found in the start tag of an HTML element and often take values.
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An attribute goes with a tag to provide some extra information, or to modify the meaning slightly. An attribute can have a value, but this is not necessary. The value should be put inside double quote [..]
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Within HTML element tags, the attribute is like a variable assigned a value such as a filename or html document, etc.
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An instance or static variable, usually called a field. attribute is the term used in Eiffel and some other OO (Object Oriented) languages for field. In Meyer’s definition, there is no implication of [..]
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Questions or statements measured as "yes" or "no" under each indicator outlined in the Edge Benchmarks that provide additional detail on what activities need to be implemented in order to accomplish the indicator.
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A property that further defines an HTML tag. For example, in the TABLE tag "<TABLE WIDTH="100%" ALIGN=" center">" the optional attributes WIDTH and ALIGN specify ex [..]
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A language construct that programmers use to add additional information (i.e., metadata) to code elements (e.g., assemblies, modules, members, types, return values, and parameters) to extend their fun [..]
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A field represented by a column within an object (entity). An object may be a table, view or report. An attribute is also associated with an SGML(HTML) tag used to further define the usage.
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(n) a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished(n) an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity(v) attribute or credit to(v) decide as to where something belongs in a [..]
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An attribute is a four-character code attached to each course in a group of courses that share a common characteristic. For example, there is a long list of courses that may potentially fulfill the Ar [..]
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Varied meanings. Elements and boards may have attributes assigned to them, which are arbitrary mappings between a name and its value. PCB does not currently use those attributes itself. Within pcb an [..]
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A fundamental data element, something that does not need to be broken down any further. In DynamoDB, attributes are similar in many ways to fields or columns in other database systems. Amazo [..]
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(Lat. attributum, "added") A symbolic object which is conventionally used to identify a particular person, usually a saint. In the case of martyrs, it is usually the nature of their martyrdo [..]
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a characteristic or property of an object, such as weight, size, or color.
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a characteristic of an artifact, such as size, shape, or color
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Clinical characteristics of Disease or illness.
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A minimal characteristic of an artifact such that it cannot be further subdivided; attributes commonly studied include aspects of form, style, decoration, color, and raw material.
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A property or quality of any archaeological object such as the length of a projectile point, the hardness of a potsherd or the colour of a bottle fragment.
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    The possession by an organism of a particular feature, e.g. this tree is rough-barked, that tree is half-barked (cf. character and character states).
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A narrowly defined quality belonging to a food or ingredient; used to break the many qualities of food into specific parts that can be evaluated separately. Example: To judge cheese crackers, Certified Master Tasters will look at specific attributes like cheese intensity, saltiness, crispness, color, and the character of cheese flavors.
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In general, an attribute is a characteristic. In a database management system (DBMS), an attribute refers to a database component, such a table. It also may refer to a database field. Attributes descr [..]
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In general, an attribute is a characteristic. In HTML, an attribute is a characteristic of a page element, such as font size or color. Attributes are used to amplify a tag. When a Web browser interpre [..]
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In general, an attribute is a characterisitc. In the DOS operating system, file properties may be referred to as attributes. File attributes give the operating system and application software more inf [..]
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Descriptor of an asset or configuration item.
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A new feature that allows the declaration of variables and subroutines with modifiers as in sub foo : locked method. Also, another name for an instance variable of an object.
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An attribute is a property of a Component
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named specific characteristic associated to an asset Impact
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A new feature that allows the declaration of variables
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  A property, such as color, of a graphical object. An image can be specified by the geometric shapes that it contains, together with their attributes.
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denotes a property of an object or describes an aspect of an object.
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e.g. Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Intelligence, etc.
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e.g. Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Intelligence, etc.
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A word or phrase that describes a product, service, brand, or person. For example, gender is a human attribute, while durability is a product attribute.
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Qualifying property of an HTML tag. Attributes are usually optional.
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A single piece of information associated with an electronic identity database record. Some attributes are general; others are personal. Some subset of all attributes defines a unique individual. Examples of an attribute are name, phone number, and group affiliation.
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An attribute is a characteristic of data that sets it apart from other data, such as location, length, or type. The term attribute is sometimes used synonymously with "data element" or "property."
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A single piece of information associated with an electronic identity database
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A characteristic that identifies it, such as type, length or location.
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descriptive characteristics or features
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1. In database management, a property inherent in an entity or associated with that entity for database purposes. 2. In network management, a property of a managed object that has a value.
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A characteristic or recognizable quality of an object, such as size, color, shape, age, how it was made, or use
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a characteristic or property of an object, such as weight, size, or colour.
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The terms “attribute” and “variable” are used interchangeably.
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An essential characteristic of a product used to describe it in RO.
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 A way to classify items and stores. You can use attributes to filter (include or exclude) the items or stores that you want to see on the dialog or include in a report. You can also use attributes to [..]
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a defined characteristic of an entity type (e.g. composition).
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A symbolic object which is conventionally used to identify a particular person, usually a saint. In the case of martyrs, it is usually the nature of their martyrdom.
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A characteristic or quality of a thing. ''His finest attribute is his kindness.'' (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier. ''In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", [..]
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Attribut|lang=de
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Attributes are typical object features. The individual structure of each feature type is described as an attribute type in the Feature Type Catalogue.
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See requirement attribute.
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An alternative name for a nominal variable.
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Attribute may refer to: Attribute (computing), a specification that defines a property of an object, element, or file Attribute (research), a characteristic of an object Attribute (role-playing game [..]
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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 natural, in-born characteristic common to all characters [..]
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In computing, an attribute is a specification that defines a property of an object, element, or file. It may also refer to or set the specific value for a given instance of such. For clarity, attribut [..]
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