label

  1. Noun.  A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
  2. Noun.  A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
  3. Noun.  A company that sells records.
  4. Noun.  (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
  5. Noun.  (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.