the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
"the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
"The librarian realized she needed to input a unique descriptor into the database before the book could be located by patrons."
That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
"The teacher asked each student to choose a single descriptor for their favorite season before sharing it with the class."
The name of a category of data in an information storage and retrieval system.
"The database administrator added a new descriptor for customer preferences to streamline the search results."