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Identifier (computer languages)
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<p>In computer <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming languages</a>, an identifier is a <a href="/facts/Lexical_analysis/T1JYWpIf">lexical token</a> (also called a <a href="/facts/Symbol/GS8mTn0h">symbol</a>, but not to be confused with the <a href="/facts/Symbol_(programming)/Hy33Tz7o">symbol primitive data type</a>) that names the language's entities. Some of the kinds of entities an identifier might denote include <a href="/facts/Variable_(computer_science)/VoCKtwml">variables</a>, <a href="/facts/Data_type/fcx5hgVL">data types</a>, <a href="/facts/Label_(computer_science)/DT6KU8R5">labels</a>, <a href="/facts/Subroutine/9vFJrg0A">subroutines</a>, and <a href="/facts/Modular_programming/sNoqKvRD">modules</a>. </p>