tag (redirected from radioactive tag)

tag

(1) A format code used in a document language. See HTML tag, character tag and paragraph tag.

(2) See RFID tag and smart tags.

(3) A set of bits or characters that identifies various conditions about data in a file and is often found in the header records of such files.

(4) A name (label, mnemonic) assigned to a data structure, such as a field, file or paragraph.

(5) The key field in a record.

(6) A brass pin on a terminal block that is connected to a wire by soldering or wire wrapping.

---

tag¹

1. an electronic device worn, usually on the wrist or ankle, by an offender serving a noncustodial sentence, which monitors the offender's whereabouts by means of a link to a central computer through the telephone system

2. a brief quotation, esp one in a foreign language

3. the contrastingly coloured tip to an animal's tail

4. Angling a strand of tinsel, wire, etc., tied to the body of an artificial fly

5. Slang a graffito consisting of a nickname or personal symbol

---

tag²

1. a children's game in which one player chases the others in an attempt to catch one of them who will then become the chaser

2. denoting or relating to a wrestling contest between two teams of two wrestlers, in which only one from each team may be in the ring at one time. The contestant outside the ring may change places with his team-mate inside the ring after touching his hand

---

(language, text)

tag - An SGML, HTML, or XML token representing the beginning (start tag: " ") or end (end tag: " ") of an element. In normal SGML syntax (and always in XML), a tag starts with a "<" and ends with an ">". In HTML jargon, the term "tag" is often used for an "element".