Attribute

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An attribute is the following:

Generally, an attribute is an abstraction characteristic of an entity
In art an "attribute" is an object that identifies a figure; most commonly it refers to objects held by saints in religious paintings that indicate which saint is being represented.
In database management and directory services, an attribute is a property inherent in an entity or associated with that entity for database purposes.
In network management, an attribute is a property of a managed object that has a value.
In SGML-based markup languages like HTML and XML, an attribute is a parameter of an element, as in an HTML element.
In social sciences, an attribute is a characteristic of a variable. Variable like gender would have two attributes: male and female.
Attribute is a statistic for a character in role-playing games.
Attribute is the name of a board game.
An attribute may also refer to a deity's aspect; see Negative theology.
Image:Sanzio 01 Plato Aristotle.jpg In philosophy, an attribute is an essential property of a substance, as opposed to a non-necessary (contingent) property, which is called a mode.

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