Ident

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɪdÉ›nt/

From a later form of ithand, itself an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of Middle English ithen, from Old Norse iðinn ("assiduous, diligent"), from iðja, iðna ("to do, perform"), from ið ("a restless motion"), equivalent to ithe + -and and/or ithe + -en. Cognate with Icelandic iðinn ("diligent"), Norwegian idig ("busy"), Danish id ("pursuit, calling, business"). More at ithand.

Alternative forms

• eident Scotland

Full definition of ident

Adjective

1. (Now chiefly dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Diligent; persistent.

Derived terms

• idently

Shortened form of identification

Noun

1. Identification.
2. (television) A brief audiovisual sequence serving to identify the broadcaster.
• 2002, Jane Austin, Graphic OriginalsIn 1999 Chaudoir and fellow BBC designer Tim Platt were given the task of rebranding the existing BBC2 idents.
3. (Internet) A protocol serving to identify the user of a particular TCP connection, used especially on IRC networks.
• 2004, Eoghan Casey, Digital Evidence and Computer Crime...the intruder installed an IRC bot and French ident daemon to reply to IRC servers with a name other than root.
4. identifier

Anagrams

• detin