File Descriptor

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
FD
Pronunciation
/faɪl dɪˈskrɪptər/
Category
Computing
Related Field
General

Examples in Context

  1. This system call returns a file descriptor.
  2. This system call requires the file descriptor from shm_open () and returns a pointer to memory.
  3. You later discovered that lsof shows the file descriptor of a process and the associated file name.
  4. Each pccb can be located in the pollcache based on a file descriptor hash.
  5. To do this, each application opens the same file descriptor.

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