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(1) Slang for a nickname, pseudonym, alias or username. For example, a Twitter handle is how people identify themselves on Twitter. For decades, "CB handles" have been the short but unique...
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Definition: handle
(1) Slang for a nickname, pseudonym, alias or username. For example, a Twitter handle is how people identify themselves on Twitter. For decades, "CB handles" have been the short but unique identities truck drivers use over citizen's band radio (see CB radio).
(2) A temporary name or number assigned to a file, font or other object. For example, an operating system may assign a sequential number to each file that it opens as a way of identifying it.
(3) In computer graphics, a tiny, square block on an image that can be grabbed for reshaping.
Graphics Handles
The handles are the tiny (blue) squares that are displayed when you select an object.
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