Dictionary Definition

attribute

1 a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property" [syn: property, dimension]

2 an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

1 attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" [syn: impute, ascribe, assign]

2 decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" [syn: assign]

User Contributed Dictionary

The word "attribute" can refer to:

In philosophy, property, an abstraction of a characteristic of an entity or substance
In art, an object that identifies a figure, most commonly referring to objects held by saints - see emblem
In social sciences, a characteristic of a variable
A deity's aspect; see Negative theology

In computing:

Attribute (computing), a factor of an object or other kind of entity
SMART attribute Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
Attribute (network management), a property of a managed object that has a value
A property inherent in a database entity or associated with that entity for database purposes. This definition is especially relevant for dimensional tables.
A parameter of an element in SGML-based markup languages like HTML and XML. See HTML#Attributes

In gaming:

attribute in Czech: Atribut

attribute in Danish: Attribut

attribute in German: Attribut

attribute in French: Attribut

attribute in Galician: Atributo

attribute in Ido: Atributo

attribute in Italian: Attributo

attribute in Dutch: Attribuut

attribute in Polish: Atrybut

attribute in Russian: Атрибут

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