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(1) A word or phrase that identifies a document in an indexed information retrieval system.

(2) A category name used to identify data.

(operating system)descriptor - An integer, string or other small data value which refers to one of several objects allocated to a program by the operating system, usually the kernel. A common example is a Unix file descriptor which is a small integer that identifies an I/O channel. Another example is a reference to an area of memory (e.g. shared memory).

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