Label

Label

(1) A name or identifier assigned to a computer programme statement to enable other statements to refer to that statement.~(2) One or more characters, within or attached to a set of data, that identify or describe the data.

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Industry/Domain: Computer; Software
Category: Software engineering
Organization: IEEE Computer Society
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