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file descriptors

file descriptors is the plural of file descriptor.

Meaning of file descriptor

Noun

file descriptor (plural file descriptors)

  1. A process-unique identifier for a file or other input/output resource, such as a pipe or network socket.

Questions about file descriptors

What is file descriptors the plural of?
File descriptors is the plural of file descriptor.

Words near file descriptors in the dictionary

  1. file clerk
  2. file clerks
  3. file closer
  4. file closers
  5. file descriptor
  6. file descriptors
  7. file down
  8. file extension
  9. file extensions
  10. file film
  11. file films

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Adapted from Wiktionary: file descriptors (page history and authors); file descriptor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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