# name (identifier)

information that makes a thing different from others

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common language  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation)

**Through:** the information is attached to a thing so that it becomes different from other things

**Novel properties:**
- reference
- identity marker
- shared symbol

## Examples
- The International Space Station maintains its orbit with periodic reboosts from attached thrusters. *(engineering)*
- The Amazon River carries more than 20% of global river discharge into the Atlantic Ocean daily. *(geography)*
- The Domain Name System translates 'google.com' to an IP address for routing requests. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [address](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-address.location) (L12)
- [april](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-april.month) (L14)
- [brand](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-brand.marketing) (L12)
- [comfort zone](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-comfort-zone.named) (L15)
- [directory](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-directory.information) (L9)
- [identifier](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-identifier.label) (L8)
- [index](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-index.reference) (L12)
- [login](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-login.digital) (L12)
- [map](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-map.spatial) (L8)
- [registration](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-registration.administrative) (L11)
- [title](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-title.label) (L14)
- [verb](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-verb.grammatical) (L12)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-name.identifier*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-name.identifier.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*