"file handle" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "file + handle",
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      "form": "file handles",
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        "The descriptor used to access a file in a file system."
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          "file system",
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        "(computing) The descriptor used to access a file in a file system."
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          "word": "filehandle"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "name assigned to a file",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Datei-Handle"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈfaɪl hæn.dl/",
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      "rhymes": "-ændəl"
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  "word": "file handle"
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      "form": "file handles",
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        "The descriptor used to access a file in a file system."
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        "(computing) The descriptor used to access a file in a file system."
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    {
      "word": "filehandle"
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