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file handle

noun
/ˈfaɪl hæn.dl/US

Etymology

From file + handle.

  1. inherited from *handulōną✻ — “to take, grip, feel”
  2. inherited from *handulōn✻
  3. inherited from handlian — “to handle, feel, deal with, discuss”
  4. inherited from handlen
  5. compounded as file handle — “file + handle”

Definitions

  1. The descriptor used to access a file in a file system.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for file handle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA