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descriptor

desc·rip·tor

UK/dəˈskɹəp.tə/ US/dɪˈskɹɪp.tə/ uncommon

noun

1.

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”
Synonyms
2.

a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system

Origin

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēscrīptōris. Compare describe.

Phrases

  • file descriptor
  • segment descriptor

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