handle
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handle
1. the quality, as of textiles, perceived by touching or feeling
2. Gambling the total amount of a bet on a horse race or similar event
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handle
[′han·dəl] (computer science)
One of several small squares that appear around a selected object in an object-oriented computer-graphics program, and can be dragged with a mouse to move, enlarge, reduce, or change the shape of the object.
In particular, one of the two interior points on a Bézier curve that can be dragged to alter its shape. Also known as control handle.
(mechanical engineering)
The arm connecting the bucket with the boom in a dipper shovel or hoe.
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handle
(programming, operating system)A simple item of data that
identifies a resource. For example, a Unix file handle
identifies an open file and associated data such as whether it
was opened for read or write and the current read/write
position. On the Macintosh, a handle is a pointer to a
pointer to some dynamically-allocated memory. The extra level
of indirection allows on-the-fly memory compaction or
garbage collection without invalidating application program
references to the allocated memory.
handle
(jargon)An alias used intended to conceal a user's true
identity in an electronic message. The term is common on
Citizen's Band and other amateur radio but, in that context
usually means the user's real name as FCC rules forbid
concealing one's identity.
Use of grandiose handles is characteristic of crackers, weenies, spods, and other lower forms of network life; true hackers travel on their own reputations.
Compare nick.
Use of grandiose handles is characteristic of crackers, weenies, spods, and other lower forms of network life; true hackers travel on their own reputations.
Compare nick.
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