attribute

noun

1
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
His finest attribute is his kindness.
2
An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
The eagle and the bolt of lightning are attributes of Jove.
3
A word that qualifies a noun.
4
That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
5
An option or setting belonging to some object.
This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.
A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten.
6
A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
Properties can be marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used.
7
A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.

1
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.
2
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
This poem is attributed to Browning.

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