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• descriptor — [di skrip′tər] n. 1. a word or phrase used as a label to describe or classify 2. Comput. a term used to identify or locate a file or specific data …   English World dictionary

• Data set (IBM mainframe) — This article is about mainframe computer file. For a general meaning in computing field, see Data set. data set (archaic), dataset (preferred), is a computer file having a record organization. The term pertains to the IBM mainframe operating… …   Wikipedia

• descriptor — /di skrip teuhr/, n. 1. a significant word or phrase used to categorize or describe text or other material, esp. when indexing or in an information retrieval system. 2. Computers. a data item that stores the attributes of some other datum: a task …   Universalium

• descriptor — /dəˈskrɪptə/ (say duh skriptuh) noun 1. a term which operates as a keyword, index item, etc., the meaning of which is clearly defined in relation to a specific set of circumstances. 2. Computers a data item that stores the information about how… …  

• descriptor — noun a) The name of a category of data in an information storage and retrieval system. b) A word that describes the subject of an article …   Wiktionary

• descriptor — n. (in database management) key word used to identify sort and unite data records …   English contemporary dictionary

• Extended display identification data — (EDID) is a data structure provided by a computer display to describe its capabilities to a graphics card. It is what enables a modern personal computer to know what kind of monitor is connected. EDID is defined by a standard published by the… …   Wikipedia

• File descriptor — In computer programming, a file descriptor is an abstract key for accessing a file. The term is generally used in POSIX operating systems. In Microsoft Windows terminology and in the context of the C standard I/O library, file handle is preferred …   Wikipedia

• Local Descriptor Table — The Local Descriptor Table (LDT) is a memory table used in the x86 architecture in protected mode and containing memory segment descriptors: start in linear memory, size, executability, writability, access privilege, actual presence in memory,… …   Wikipedia

• Binary File Descriptor library — The BFD, or Binary File Descriptor library, is the GNU Project s main mechanism for the portable manipulation of object files in a variety of formats. As of 2003, it supports approximately 50 file formats for some 25 processor architectures.BFD… …   Wikipedia

• Interrupt descriptor table — The Interrupt Descriptor Table (IDT) is a data structure used by the x86 architecture to implement an interrupt vector table. The IDT is used by the processor to determine the correct response to interrupts and exceptions.The details in the… …   Wikipedia