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file handles

file handles is the plural of file handle.

Meaning of file handle

Noun

file handle (plural file handles)

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

Questions about file handles

What is file handles the plural of?
File handles is the plural of file handle.

Words near file handles in the dictionary

  1. file folders
  2. file footage
  3. file format
  4. file formats
  5. file handle
  6. file handles
  7. file in
  8. file jacket
  9. file manager
  10. file managers
  11. file meristem

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Adapted from Wiktionary: file handles (page history and authors); file handle (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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