identifier
/ (aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ) /
a person or thing that establishes the identity of someone or something
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The concept of a more secure identifier was relatively novel then, and susceptible to fear mongering.
The Anguish of Alan Simpson, Tragic Hero of Immigration Reform | Eleanor Clift | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sole identifier was the Jewish philosophy book he was reading on the Metro.
In fact, table manners are all the more potent an identifier for being completely arbitrary.
Mark Pagel in ‘Wired for Culture’ Makes a Strong Case for Cultural Determinism | Casey Schwartz | March 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's a biometric identifier, like fingerprints or retina-scans, but it's got a lot more "collisions" than either of those.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowThe label now bears in handwriting the name of P. amplus pergracilis and is followed by Benson's initials as the identifier.
My sarcastic friends are very explicit about this hat serving as my identifier.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods | Holman DayIn this process, the human being became a working being, and work an identifier of the species.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai NadinThis attitude is irrelevant in a context in which best is an identifier of wares, not of dynamic knowledge.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
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