[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

file descriptor
     
         an integer that identifies an
        open file within a process.  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 operating system implementations, file descriptors
        are small integers which index a table of open files.  in
        unix, file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the
        standard input, standard output and standard error files
        respectively.
     
        see file descriptor leak.
     
        1998-02-06
     
     
see also:
file process operating system unix standard input standard output 
standard error file descriptor leak 

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