Attribute may refer to: *

Attribute (philosophy) In logic and philosophy (especially metaphysics), a property is a characteristic of an Object (philosophy), object; for example, a red object is said to have the property of redness. The property may be considered a form of object in its own right, ...

, a characteristic of an object *

Attribute (research) In science and research, an attribute is a quality of an object (person, thing, etc.). Earl R. Babbie, ''The Practice of Social Research'', 12th edition, Wadsworth Publishing, 2009, , p. 14-18 Attributes are closely related to variables. A variabl ...

, a quality of an object *

Grammatical modifier In linguistics, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure which ''modifies'' the meaning of another element in the structure. For instance, the adjective "red" acts as a modifier in the noun phrase "red ball", provi ...

, in natural languages *

Attribute (computing) In computing, an attribute is a specification that defines a property of an object, element, or file. It may also refer to or set the specific value for a given instance of such. For clarity, attributes should more correctly be considered m ...

, a specification that defines a property of an object, element, or file *

Attribute (knowledge representation) Contemporary ontologies share many structural similarities, regardless of the ontology language in which they are expressed. Most ontologies describe individuals (instances), classes (concepts), attributes, and relations. List Common componen ...

, a component of an ontology *

Attribute (role-playing games) An attribute is a piece of data (a "statistic") that describes to what extent a fictional character in a role-playing game possesses a specific natural, in-born characteristic common to all characters in the game. That piece of data is usually ...

, a type of statistic for a fictional character

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