| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | file control block | Dateikontrollblock (A small block of memory temporarily assigned by a computer's operating system to hold information about an opened file. A file control block typically contains such information as the file's identification, its location on a disk, and a pointer that marks the user?s current (or last) position in the file) |
| phys. | file control block | Dateisteuerblock |
| comp. | file control block | Dateideskriptor |
| tech. | file control processor | Ein- u. Ausgabe-Steuersystem |
| IT | file control system | Dateiverwaltungssystem |
| tech. | logical file control processor | logisches Ein-Ausgabesystem |
| tech. | physical file control processor | physikalisches Ein-Ausgabesystem |