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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
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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One day it offered itself to a Truly Good Man, who, after examining the label and finding the price was exactly twice as great as he was willing to pay, spurned the Political Preferment from his door.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
At the same time he slid the present label off with his hand and laid it aside; it had been newly put on, its paste was still wet.
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Faces that fall into types you can describe, or at all events label in such a way that the reader can identify them; but those faces that consist mainly of spiritual effect and physical bloom, that change with everything they look upon, the light in which ebbs and flows with every changing tide of the soul,--these you have to love to know, and to worship to portray.
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