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English Dictionary: descriptor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for descriptor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
descriptor n the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" Synonym(s): form, word form, signifier, descriptor a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
descriptor An integer, string or other small data value which refers to one of several objects allocated to a program by the {operating system}, usually the {kernel}. A common example is a {Unix} {file descriptor} which is a small integer that identifies an I/O channel. Another example is a reference to an area of memory (e.g. {shared memory}). Compare {capability}. (1998-02-06)