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In computing a data descriptor is a structure containing information that describes data.

Data descriptors may be used in compilers[1], as a software structure at run time in languages like Ada or PL/i, or as a hardware structure in some computers such as Burroughs large systems .

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  1. ^ Holt, Richard C (July, 1987). "Data descriptors: a compile-time model of data and addressing". ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS). 9 (3): 367–389. doi:24039.24051. {{cite journal}}: Check |doi= value (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
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