Label (disambiguation) explained

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

• Label, an identifier
• Labelling, describing someone or something in a word or short phrase

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

• Label (TV series), an Indian web series
• 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 (computer science)
• Tape label, human and/or machine readable metadata used by tape storage equipment
• 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
• The Label language, an Oceanic language spoken in Papua New Guinea
• Label (philately)

See also

• Black Label (disambiguation)
• Labeling (disambiguation)
• White label