Descriptor
# Descriptor

Descriptor may refer to:

In computer science:

* Billing descriptor, the merchant's name that appears on a credit card statement
* Short Payment Descriptor, a compact data format for an easy exchange of a payment information using modern electronic channels
* Data descriptor, a software or hardware structure describing data
* Visual descriptors, a representation of visual features in image or video
* Security descriptor, a Windows data structure containing security information
* Segment descriptor, used for memory addressing in x86 computer architectures
* Index term, also known as a "descriptor" in information retrieval
* File descriptor, an abstract key for accessing a file

In chemistry:

* Molecular descriptor, which helps characterize a chemical compound
* Descriptor (chemistry), a prefix used to specify a chemical name

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