To group, or classify, according to a specific characteristic, e.g., color, shape, type of defect.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            the process you, or a software tool, goes through in grouping data or information you want to store into logically related "storage bins".
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            "To ascribe an instance to a knowledge-level group, for the purpose of inferring additional information about the instance."