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Definition of label

In DNS, each part of a DNS domain name that represents a node in the domain namespace tree. For example, the three labels example, microsoft, and com make up the DNS domain name example.microsoft.com. Each label used in a DNS name cannot exceed 63 octets, 255 bytes including the terminating dot, for the fully qualified domain name (FQDN).

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Other definitions of label

To attach a label to.

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To identify or designate with a label; describe or classify.

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A sticker or tag affixed to an item to provide identifying or descriptive information.

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A word, symbol, or other group of characters used to identify a file, a storage medium, an element defined in a computer program, or a specific item in a document such as a spreadsheet or a chart.

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A graphical control you can use to display text that a user can’t change directly.

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User-defined name attached to a specific version of a file or project.

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