• In research, a characteristic of an object (person, thing, etc.) - see attribute (research)
• In philosophy, property (philosophy)
  Property (philosophy)
  In modern philosophy, logic, and mathematics a property is an attribute of an object; a red object is said to have the property of redness. The property may be considered a form of object in its own right, able to possess other properties. A property however differs from individual objects in that...
  
  , an abstraction of a characteristic of an entity or substance
• In art, an object that identifies a figure, most commonly referring to objects held by saints (earlier, by pagan gods) - see emblem
  Emblem
  An emblem is a pictorial image, abstract or representational, that epitomizes a concept — e.g., a moral truth, or an allegory — or that represents a person, such as a king or saint.-Distinction: emblem and symbol:...
  
  
• In linguistics, a syntax
  Syntax
  In linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing phrases and sentences in natural languages....
  
   unit, either a word, phrase or clause, that modifies a noun
• A deity's aspect; see Apophatic theology
• Attribute grammar
  Attribute grammar
  An attribute grammar is a formal way to define attributes for the productions of a formal grammar, associating these attributes to values. The evaluation occurs in the nodes of the abstract syntax tree, when the language is processed by some parser or compiler....
  
  , in formal computer languages

Computing

• Attribute (computing)
  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....
  
  , a factor of an object or other kind of entity
• Attribute (ontology), a component of an ontology
• SMART attribute, Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
• Attribute (network management), a property of a managed object that has a value
• A property inherent in a database
  Database
  A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
  
   entity or associated with that entity for database purposes. This definition is especially relevant for dimensional tables
  Dimension table
  In data warehousing, a dimension table is one of the set of companion tables to a fact table.The fact table contains business facts or measures and foreign keys which refer to candidate keys in the dimension tables....
  
  
• A parameter of an element in SGML-based markup languages like HTML and XML. See HTML#Attributes
• Local colour-palette properties of a part of the screen, in some early 8-bit home computers. Hence attribute clash
  Attribute clash
  Attribute clash was a display artifact caused by limits in the graphics circuitry of a number of early color 8-bit home computers, most notably the Sinclair Research ZX Spectrum, where it meant that only two colors could be used in any area of 8×8 pixels...
  
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Gaming

• Attribute (role-playing games)
  Attribute (role-playing games)
  An attribute is a piece of data 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 an abstract number or, in some cases, a set of dice...
  
  , a type of statistic for a fictional character
• Attribute (game), a board game
  Board game
  A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
  
  

Mathematics

• Attribute set, in a Relational model
  Relational model
  The relational model for database management is a database model based on first-order predicate logic, first formulated and proposed in 1969 by Edgar F...
  
  
• Attribute name, in Relational algebra
  Relational algebra
  Relational algebra, an offshoot of first-order logic , deals with a set of finitary relations that is closed under certain operators. These operators operate on one or more relations to yield a relation...
  
  
• A characteristic of a variable