| Subject | English | German |
| work.fl., IT | descriptor entry file | Deskriptor-Datei |
| IT | file descriptor | Dateibezeichnung |
| comp. | file descriptor | Dateideskriptor |
| comp., MS | File Set Descriptor | Dateigruppenbeschreibung (A part of the Universal Disc Format (UDF) file system) |
| comp., MS | Open Software Descriptor file | Open Software Descriptor-Datei (An XML-based file that instructs the client on how to retrieve the sequenced application from the Application Virtualization Management/Streaming Server and how to run the sequenced application in its virtual environment) |