noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.; A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
2. 2
   a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system wordnet
3. 3
   That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.; A word or expression used to describe or identify something.
4. 4
   the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something wordnet

Synonyms

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formformindex termindex termsignifierword form

Example

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"The JSON descriptor for this data package contains an error."

Related phrases

file descriptorsegment descriptorindex term

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