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noun
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a significant word or phrase used to categorize or describe text or other material, especially when indexing or in an information retrieval system.
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Computers. a data item that stores the attributes of some other datum: a task descriptor.
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Descriptor
is always a great word to know.
So is control unit. Does it mean:
| a computer program that translates a program written in a high-level language into another, usually machine, language |
| the part of a CPU that interprets the instructions in programs and directs the operation of the entire system |
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descriptor definition
operating systemAn integer, string or other small data value which refers to one of several objects allocated to a program by the operating system, usually the kernel. A common example is a Unix file descriptor which is a small integer that identifies an I/O channel. Another example is a reference to an area of memory (e.g. shared memory).
Compare capability.
(1998-02-06)
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