An attribute is a boolean value, or flag, that can be set on or off (using the commands has or hasnt) for any given item.

The label, value, formula, or function stored in a cell. Displaying a spreadsheet in attribute format is useful for double-checking relationships among cells.

in the context of graphics, a value that affects the window, drawing, and text written to the window.

A quality of a data variable. This could be the method used to measure the variable's value, the name of the scientist who measured it, the color of the sky at the time, or whatever might be relevant.

Information that states a property of a file and takes a set of defined values, with each value having a defined meaning.

The term used in the Content Manager APIs for key field. Not the same as the attribute in an attribute/value pair.

A variable that takes on values that might be numeric, text, or logical (true/false). Attributes store the factual knowledge in a knowledge base.

In data modeling, specific items of data that can be collected for a class.

A name or value that is used to query the SMS site database. Also known as a property. For example, the Disk attribute class contains attributes such as Manufacturer, Model, and Name. See also attribute class; SMS site database.

(UML,ER,RM) One piece of information that characterizes each member of a class. class.php

An interesting property of a class. Usually in the form of a value.

RADIUS Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) attributes are the original set of 255 standard attributes that are used to communicate AAA information between a client and a server. Because IETF attributes are standard, the attribute data is predefined and well known; thus all clients and servers that exchange AAA information via IETF attributes must agree on attribute data such as the exact meaning of the attributes and the general bounds of the values for each attribute.

A piece of data held by a class.

Information within a managed object that is visible at the object boundary. An attribute has a type, which indicates the range of information that is given by the attribute, and a value that is within that range. Tivoli Risk Manager predefines each event attribute. Each event attribute contains a name and a value, which are variable data that represents the properties of an attack. Attributes follow this format: attribute_name= value. Adapters separate information into event classes, format this information into attributes, and send this information to the Tivoli event server.

The attributes of the class are the values that define the state of the class. Attributes are also referred to as fields or variables.

A name-value data pair.