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handler

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A software routine that performs a particular task. It often refers to a routine that "handles" an exception of some kind, such as an error, but it can refer to mainstream processes as well. The term is typically used in operating systems and other system software.
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But if he fell short in any way as a handler of small boys he was to descend a step in the animal kingdom and be matched against the West Australian sheep.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
"Good whale-boat sailors do not necessarily make good schooner- handlers," she replied to one of his arguments.
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