Identifier vs. Variable
Identifiernoun
Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of.
Identifiernoun
Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.
Identifiernoun
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).
Identifiernoun
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.
Identifiernoun
(HTML) A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.
Identifiernoun
(databases) A primary key.
Identifiernoun
a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it
Identifier
An identifier is a name that identifies (that is, labels the identity of) either a unique object or a unique class of objects, where the or class may be an idea, physical countable object (or class thereof), or physical noncountable substance (or class thereof). The abbreviation ID often refers to identity, identification (the process of identifying), or an identifier (that is, an instance of identification).
Variableadjective
Able to vary.
Variableadjective
Likely to vary.
Variableadjective
Marked by diversity or difference.
Variableadjective
(mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.
Variableadjective
(biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.
Variablenoun
Something that is variable.
Variablenoun
Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
Variablenoun
(mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
Variablenoun
(mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.
Variablenoun
(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
Variablenoun
(astronomy) A variable star.
Variablenoun
(nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
Variablenoun
Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
Variableadjective
Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
Variableadjective
Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.
Variablenoun
That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.
Variablenoun
A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.
Variablenoun
A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
Variablenoun
something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation;
Variablenoun
a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
Variablenoun
a star that varies noticeably in brightness
Variablenoun
a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
Variableadjective
liable to or capable of change;
Variableadjective
marked by diversity or difference;
Variableadjective
(used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied;
