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file descriptor

abstract indicator (handle) used to access a file or other input/output resource
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file descriptor

Summary

file descriptor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (390 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • file descriptor's image is recorded as Stdstreams-notitle.svg[2].
  • file descriptor's subclass of is recorded as handle[3].
  • file descriptor's has use is recorded as file system object[4].
  • file descriptor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w2k2[5].
  • file descriptor's different from is recorded as file system object[6].
  • file descriptor's Quora topic ID is recorded as File-Descriptors[7].
  • file descriptor's Uniform Resource Identifier Scheme is recorded as fd[8].
  • file descriptor's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 195015458[9].

Why It Matters

file descriptor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (390 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wiki.videolan.org. Retrieved . wiki.videolan.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). file descriptor. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/file-descriptor
MLA “file descriptor.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/file-descriptor.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_file-descriptor_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{file descriptor}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/file-descriptor}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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