Label (disambiguation)

A label is any kind of tag attached to something so as to identify the object or its content. It may refer to:

Physical tags

  • Clothing label, referring either to a clothing brand, or to a physical tag on clothing
  • Museum label, for exhibitions in museums
  • Packaging and labelling, in industry

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Labels, a 1930 travel book by Evelyn Waugh
  • "Labels", a song by GZA on the album Liquid Swords
  • Labels, a French record label created by Virgin Records, later a division of EMI Music France absorbed now into Warner Music.
  • Record label, a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos
  • "Labels (Dexter's Laboratory)", an episode of Dexter's Laboratory

Science and technology

Computing

  • Label (command), a shell command
  • Label (control), a component of user interfaces
  • Label (programming language)
  • Label, in machine learning, a desired output for a given input in a dataset
  • Automatic label placement, computer methods of placing labels automatically on a map or chart
  • Labels, the parts of a domain name that are not "dots"
  • Revision tag, a textual label associated with a specific revision of a project

Other uses in science and technology

  • Isotopic labeling, a technique for tracking the passage of a sample of substance through a system
  • Labeling theory, or social reaction theory, a theory in sociology which ascribes labelling of people to control and identification of deviant behavior

Other uses

  • Label (heraldry), a charge closely resembling the strap with pendants which, from the saddle, crossed the horse's chest
  • Label, an older term for a long thin device, in particular, a ruler as on an astrolabe, circumferentor, or similar instrument
  • Label mould or hood mould, architectural moulding above windows to throw-off rainwater
  • Labeling (map design), or cartographic labeling, a form of typography that strongly deals with form, style, weight and size of type on a map

See also

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