file descriptor An integer that identifies an open within a . This number is obtained as a result of opening a file. Operations which read, write, or close a file would take the file descriptor as an input parameter. In many implementations, file descriptors are small integers which index a table of open files. In , file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the , and files respectively. See . (1998-02-06)
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