functiontag
nounUK /ˈfʌŋkʃən tæɡ/
US /ˈfʌŋkʃən tæɡ/
A function tag is a little label that tells you what a thing does.
The teacher put a function tag on each button so we knew what it was for.
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2. In computing, a function tag is a special word in code that marks a piece of a program so the computer knows what job it does.
The programmer added a function tag to the script so the tool could find it.
3. In language study, a function tag is a short label that shows the grammar job of a word, like subject or object.
Each word in the sentence got a function tag in the grammar exercise.
4. In machine learning, a function tag is a label attached to data that says what role that data plays.
The function tag helped the model learn which parts of the sentence were important.