different between keyword vs identifier

English

Alternative forms

• key word
• key-word

Etymology

key +? word

Noun

keyword (plural keywords)

1. Any word used as the key to a code.
2. (information science) Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
3. (programming) A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function, etc.
   • 1982, Popular Computing (volume 1, issues 9-12, page 113)

     Each function has an entry address which must be quoted after the USR keyword.

4. (linguistics) Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.

Synonyms

• operative word (in a sentence)
• workword (rare)

Related terms

• (information science): index term
• (information science): descriptor

Translations

Verb

keyword (third-person singular simple present keywords, present participle keywording, simple past and past participle keyworded)

1. (transitive) To tag with keywords, as for example to facilitate searching.

Anagrams

• dyework

Italian

Noun

keyword m (invariable)

1. (computing) keyword

English

Etymology

identify +? -er

Noun

identifier (plural identifiers)

1. Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of.
2. Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.
3. A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star).
4. (programming, operating systems) 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.
6. (HTML) A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.
7. (databases) A primary key.

Translations

See also

• id
• ID

See also

• identifier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *identificare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.d??.ti.fje/

Verb

identifier

1. to identify
2. to log in

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “identifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).