label
(1) In data management, a made-up name that is assigned to a file, field or other data structure.(2) In a spreadsheet, any descriptive text that is entered into a cell as a page, column or row heading.
(3) In programming, a made-up name used to identify a variable or a subroutine.
(4) In computer operations, a self-sticking form attached to the outside of a disk or tape in order to identify it.
(5) In magnetic tape files, a record used for identification at the beginning or end of the file.
label
1. another name for dripstone
2. Computing a group of characters, such as a number or a word, appended to a particular statement in a program to allow its unique identification
3. Chem a radioactive element used in a compound to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
label [′lā·bəl]
(architecture)
(computer science)
A data item that serves to identify a data record (much in the same way as a key is used), or a symbolic name used in a program to mark the location of a particular instruction or routine.
(nucleonics)
drip, headmold, hoodmold, label, throating, weather molding
drip, 4
1. The outermost projecting molding around the top of a door or window, to discharge rainwater.
3. A pipe, or a steam trap and a pipe considered as a unit, which conducts condensation from the steam side of a piping system to the water or return side of the system.
4. A container that is typically installed at a low point in a gas piping system to collect condensate (i.e., liquids that may form within the gas system).
label molding, label
label molding
| 1. | (programming) | label - An identifier used to mark a position in a program so that it can be the destination of a goto statement. | |
| 2. | (networking) | label - The identifier assigned to a datagram for label switching. |
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