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 <h3>Description</h3>
 <p>
 <tt>ioctl</tt> performs an object-specific operation <em>code</em> on
-the object referred to by the file handle <em>fd</em>. The
+the object referred to by the file descriptor <em>fd</em>. The
 <em>data</em> argument may point to supplemental data required or
 returned by the operation. The size of buffer required, if any, and
 other such matters are operation-specific.