DESCRIPTOR
\dɪskɹˈɪptə], \dɪskɹˈɪptə], \d_ɪ_s_k_ɹ_ˈɪ_p_t_ə]\
Definitions of DESCRIPTOR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An integer, string or other small datavalue which refers to one of several objects allocated to aprogram by the operating system, usually the kernel. Acommon example is a Unix file descriptor which is a smallinteger that identifies an I/O channel. Another example is areference to an area of memory (e.g. shared memory).Compare capability.
By Denis Howe
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international pitch
- the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz A above middle C