A computing term referring to a file descriptor obtained through system calls, used in programming to manage input and output operations.
Compound of 'get' (from Old English 'gietan') and 'fd' (abbreviation for file descriptor), emerged in 1970s computing culture as systems programming terminology.
This word represents how programmers create new vocabulary by combining everyday words with technical abbreviations—it's like how medieval craftspeople created specialized terms for their trades, but happening in real-time in software development.
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