Attribute

Attribute may refer to:

• property, or a conclusion of a characteristic of an entity or substance
• Attribute (research), a characteristic of an object (man, thing, etc.)
• grammatical modifier, in linguistics, a syntax unit, either a word, phrase or clause, that modifies a noun
• Attribute grammar, in formal computer languages

Computing

• Attribute (computing), a factor of an object or other kind of entity
• Ontology components#Attributes, components of an ontology
• HTML attribute, a parameter of an element in SGML-based markup languages like HTML and XML
• Attribute clash, local colour-palette properties of a part of the screen, in some early 8-bit home computers

Gaming

• Attribute (role-playing games), a type of statistic for a fictional character

Mathematics

• Attribute set, in a Relational model
• Attribute name, in Relational algebra
• A characteristic of a Variable (research)

Religion

• In art, an object that identifies a figure, most commonly referring to objects held by saints (earlier, by pagan gods) – see emblem and saint symbolism
• A deity's aspect; see Attributes of God, Attributes of God in Christianity, and Apophatic theology

See also

• Attribution (disambiguation)