tagged

2 definitions • 5 examples

having a tag (= a piece of metal or plastic or an electronic device that is fastened to a person, animal, or object, so that people can know where they are or it is, or get other information about them or it):

A group of neatly tagged pieces of evidence lay on the table.

He is electronically tagged and not allowed out at night.

The receiver will pick up a signal from tagged sharks that pass within about a half-mile radius.

Tagged computer information has been marked to be dealt with in a particular way:

The architecture uses tagged data types.

Relevant data can be lost because of wrongly tagged items.