Handle
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Handle may refer to:
- Handle (grip)Handle (grip)A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that can be moved or used by hand. The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomic issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tradition...
, a grip attached to an object for using or moving the object, such as a door handleDoor handleA door handle is an attached mechanism used to open or close a door. In the United States, door handle can refer to any fixed or lever-operated door latch device, including on car doors. The term door knob tends to refer to round operating mechanisms.-History:The first documented invention of the... - Handle (mathematics), a topological ball
- Handle (computing)Handle (computing)In computer programming, a handle is a particular kind of smart pointer. Handles are used when application software references blocks of memory or objects managed by another system, such as a database or an operating system....
, a particular kind of smart pointer - Handle SystemHandle SystemThe Handle System is a technology specification for assigning, managing, and resolving persistent identifiers for digital objects and other resources on the Internet...
, a system for uniquely numbering digital objects. Most well known application is in digital object identifierDigital object identifierA digital object identifier is a character string used to uniquely identify an object such as an electronic document. Metadata about the object is stored in association with the DOI name and this metadata may include a location, such as a URL, where the object can be found...
s - Handles (novel)Handles (novel)Handles is a children's novel by Jan Mark which was published in 1983. It was awarded the Carnegie Medal for that year.-Title:"Handles" in this book are names with a special significance, a symbol of self-discovery or growing into oneself...
, a children's book by Jan Mark - Adjustment handlesAdjustment handlesAdjustment handles are the small boxes appearing on the corners and edges of a "selected control" that let you change the size and shape of the control....
, little boxes for resizing a GUI control - Opaque pointerOpaque pointerIn computer programming, an opaque pointer is a special case of an opaque data type, a datatype that is declared to be a pointer to a record or data structure of some unspecified type....
, in computer programming, a datatype that hides its internal implementation using a pointer - Reference (computer science)Reference (computer science)In computer science, a reference is a value that enables a program to indirectly access a particular data item, such as a variable or a record, in the computer's memory or in some other storage device. The reference is said to refer to the data item, and accessing those data is called...
, an object referring to data stored elsewhere in computer memory - PseudonymPseudonymA pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
used in a communication system - User (computing)User (computing)A user is an agent, either a human agent or software agent, who uses a computer or network service. A user often has a user account and is identified by a username , screen name , nickname , or handle, which is derived from the identical Citizen's Band radio term.Users are...
, a pseudonym used within an online system - Handle-o-MeterHandle-o-MeterThe Handle-o-Meter is a testing machine developed by Johnson & Johnson and now manufactured by Thwing-Albert that measures the "handle", i.e. a combination of surface friction and flexibility of sheeted materials....
, a machine that measures surface friction and flexibility of sheeted materials - A 1.75L (59.17-ounce) bottle of alcoholAlcoholic beverageAn alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and spirits. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over 100 countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption...
- In foreign currency and money markets, the handle is the whole dollar price, or stem, of a quote. For example, a foreign currency trading at 75.25 and a money market security trading at 75.75 both have handles of 75. Traders usually do not include the handles when quoting prices because it is assumed that involved traders already know them.