identifier
noun
iden·ti·fi·er
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Definition of identifier
: one that identifies
Examples of identifier in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The law also prohibits children’s apps from using persistent identifiers to target youngsters with ads based on their behavior. — New York Times, "YouTube Said to Be Fined Up to $200 Million for Children’s Privacy Violations," 30 Aug. 2019 The siRNAs serve as identifiers that lead the Argonaute complex to RNA on the virus genome, which the Argonaute complex and other proteins then destroy. — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, "New ‘medicine’ could vaccinate plants against devastating viruses," 26 Aug. 2019 Some fear that if the pharmaceutical industry continues to grow and horseshoe crabs disappear in Asia, companies producing bacteria identifiers there will set their sights on crabs here, further depleting the U.S. population. — Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, "The Blood of the Crab," 23 Aug. 2019 Instead, Google will now require developers to use resettable identifiers to keep track of users. — Louise Matsakis, WIRED, "The Android 10 Privacy and Security Upgrades You Should Know About," 22 Aug. 2019 And why Adidas is suing Forever 21 for using a three-strip design on clothing that Adidas says is its bread and butter identifier. — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, "Mitch Albom: Ohio State keeps giving Michigan fans reasons to hate it," 18 Aug. 2019 Seeking to improve its stance on another controversial topic, Android 10 also incorporates new restrictions on an app's ability to access unchangeable device identifiers, like device serial numbers or other industry IDs. — Louise Matsakis, WIRED, "The Android 10 Privacy and Security Upgrades You Should Know About," 22 Aug. 2019 The details are arbitrary, more like random hints about who a person might be rather than real than identifiers. — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, "At Leon Gallery, the allure and danger of our Instagram lives," 4 Aug. 2019 Moore, along with Brantingham and MacDonald, reiterated that the algorithm excludes racial identifiers. — Mark Puente, latimes.com, "LAPD pioneered predicting crime with data. Many police don’t think it works," 3 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'identifier.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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