Attributes

  1. An attribute is any characteristic of a file or document. When referring to an attribute in MS-DOS or Windows, the attribute is the properties of the file. For example, if the file had a read-only attribute the file can not have any changes, it can only be read.
  2. When referring to an attribute within a Word Processor, you are referring to a characteristic of a character, word, or line. For example, an underlined word has an underline attribute.
  3. Finally, in database management systems, an attribute is sometimes used as a synonym for field.
  • See attrib page for adjusting the file attributes in MS-DOS.

Also see: Permissions, Read-only, Read/Write, Write