identifier

[ī′dent·ə‚fī·ər]

(computer science)

A symbol whose purpose is to specify a body of data.

identifier

1. <programming, operating system> 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.

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identifier

Any label, symbol or token that names or identifies an entity or a collection of data. See identification.

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Keywords: Author Identifier; Open Researchers and Contributors ID; ORCID; Scholarly publishing.

SHORT COMMUNICATION - Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier and other author identifiers: Perspective from Pakistan

HDA agrees that the National Drug Code (NDC) of a package should appear on drug packages, just not in the human-readable portion of the DSCSA product identifier. HDA also believes that the FDA should not mandate an exact format for the human-readable expiration date printed on drug pack ages.

Making a Plea for a Single Product Identifier

- On the jobsite, the contractor or technician downloads the identifiers from LinkWare Live through an iOS device or iOS smartphone into a Brother P-touch EDGE PT-E550W industrial labeling tool, which is used to create and print high- quality, standards-compliant, laminated labels.

BMS LAUNCHES ILINK&LABEL MOBILE APP

"An artist remasters the textures for presentation on a higher resolution display than envisioned in the original software, and stores them back in the data structure with their identifiers.

Sony patent reveals new PlayStation 5 feature - and it's good news if you have a big collection of games; A patent has been published which sheds light on what Sony could have in store for the Playstation 5

Between May 2016 and May 2017, RTHBs distributed within Tshwane District were pre-issued with a unique patient identifier. To avoid stigma, these were issued to infants, regardless of nationality or HIV-exposure status.

Leveraging the Road to Health booklet as a unique patient identifier to monitor the prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme

More specifically, it revolves around the demographics and associated identifiers dispersed across numerous IT systems.

Why patient identification remains a daunting challenge for healthcare

In this paper, we focus on the implementation patterns associated with the method identifier. The method identifier is similar to the situation in the code, because the situation indicates what is happening in a particular place, and the method identifier denotes the purpose that the method body should realize.

Automatic identification of Java Method Naming Patterns Using Cascade K-Medoids

Users can now search DailyMed by unique ingredient identifier for an active ingredient and an active moiety.

DailyMed: Searching by Unique Ingredient Identifier Now Available

ORCID provides an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they engage in research and innovation activities.

Open Therapeutics Integrates ORCID Identifiers Into Therapoid