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ident

adj
/ˈaɪdənt//ˈaɪdɛnt/

Etymology

From a later form of ithand, itself an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of Middle English ithen, from Old Norse iðinn (“assiduous, diligent”), from iðja, iðna (“to do, perform”), from ið (“a restless motion”), equivalent to ithe + -and and/or ithe + -en. Cognate with Icelandic iðinn (“diligent”), Norwegian idig (“busy”), Danish id (“pursuit, calling, business”). More at ithand.

  1. derived from iðinn
  2. derived from ithen

Definitions

  1. Diligent

    Diligent; persistent.

  2. An identification.

    • Well, that's the priority. Get the ident.

  3. A brief audio or audiovisual sequence serving to identify the broadcaster.

    • In 1999 Chaudoir and fellow BBC designer Tim Platt were given the task of rebranding the existing BBC2 idents.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A protocol serving to identify the user of a particular TCP connection, used especially…

      A protocol serving to identify the user of a particular TCP connection, used especially on IRC networks.

      • […] the intruder installed an IRC bot and French ident daemon to reply to IRC servers with a name other than root.

    2. An identifier.

    3. To activate the aircraft transponder identification feature.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ident. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA