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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>handle</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="hand-roll.html" title="hand-roll"/><link rel="next" href="handshaking.html" title="handshaking"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">handle</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hand-roll.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="handshaking.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="handle"/><dt xmlns="" id="handle"><b>handle</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [from CB slang] An electronic pseudonym; a <span class="foreignphrase"><i class="foreignphrase">nom de
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guerre</i></span> intended to conceal the user's true identity.
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Network and BBS handles function as the same sort of simultaneous
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concealment and display one finds on Citizen's Band radio, from which the
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term was adopted. Use of grandiose handles is characteristic of
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<a href="../W/warez-d00dz.html"><i class="glossterm">warez d00dz</i></a>, <a href="../C/cracker.html"><i class="glossterm">cracker</i></a>s,
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<a href="../W/weenie.html"><i class="glossterm">weenie</i></a>s, <a href="../S/spod.html"><i class="glossterm">spod</i></a>s, and other
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lower forms of network life; true hackers travel on their own reputations
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rather than invented legendry. Compare <a href="../N/nick.html"><i class="glossterm">nick</i></a>,
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<a href="../S/screen-name.html"><i class="glossterm">screen name</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A <a href="../M/magic-cookie.html"><i class="glossterm">magic cookie</i></a>, often in the form of a
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numeric index into some array somewhere, through which you can manipulate
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an object like a file or window. The form <span class="firstterm">file
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handle</span> is especially common. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. [Mac] A pointer to a pointer to dynamically-allocated memory; the
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extra level of indirection allows on-the-fly memory compaction (to cut down
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on fragmentation) or aging out of unused resources, with minimal impact on
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the (possibly multiple) parts of the larger program containing references
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to the allocated memory. Compare <a href="../S/snap.html"><i class="glossterm">snap</i></a> (to snap a
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handle would defeat its purpose); see also
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<a href="../A/aliasing-bug.html"><i class="glossterm">aliasing bug</i></a>, <a href="../D/dangling-pointer.html"><i class="glossterm">dangling pointer</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hand-roll.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="handshaking.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">hand-roll </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> handshaking</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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