Specific name may refer to:
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Database management system
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically. Small databases can be stored on a file system, while large databases are hosted on computer clusters or cloud storage. The design of databases span ...
s, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In
taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
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Specific name (botany)
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the '' International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the ''Interna ...
, the two-part (binomial) name of a plant species
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Specific name (zoology), the second part (the species epithet) of the name of an animal species
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