Definitions
1.NounA characteristic or quality of a thing."His finest attribute is his kindness."
2.NounAn object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention."The eagle and the bolt of lightning are attributes of Jove."
3.NounA word that qualifies a noun.
4.NounThat which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
5.NounAn option or setting belonging to some object."This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.; A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten."
6.NounA semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated."Properties can be marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used."
7.NounA numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
8.VerbTo ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.
9.VerbTo associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone."This poem is attributed to Browning."