'ELF section identification

In an ELF executable file, I over-wrote all the section names by zero-valued bytes. Even then, the file can be linked and executed correctly. How does the OS identify various sections like the symbols-table, etc. in the file? I was under the impression that the section names serve this purpose. A related question is that what is the use of section names then?

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