English Explanatory Dictionary

pseudofile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A file that does not represent a file on the underlying file system on disk, but instead is automatically generated to represent some other object in the form of a file (for example '/proc/cpuinfo' in Linux).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudofile.wav

Word forms

pseudofile pseudofiles pseudo-file

Etymology

From pseudo- + file.

Related words

pseudodirectory
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