Associations to the word «Descriptor»

Wiktionary

DESCRIPTOR, noun. That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
DESCRIPTOR, noun. (computing) The name of a category of data in an information storage and retrieval system.
DESCRIPTOR, noun. (information science) A word that describes the subject of an article or book.

Dictionary definition

DESCRIPTOR, noun. The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached".
DESCRIPTOR, noun. A piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system.

Wise words

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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