User:Pybalo/Handle (computer science)

In computing, the term handle has been used in various knowledge areas, sometimes with different and specific meanings.

In system programming

 * File handle/file descriptors (NFS, UNIX)
 * In Microsoft Windows programming, a handle is "simply a number (usually 32 bits in size) that refers to an object".

In programming languages

 * in '''C standard input/output library...
 * In C++, may be refers to an object that control the access to other, like a smart pointer.
 * James Coplien's handle/body class idiom

In Internet culture

 * Related to Nickname