pseudodevice

English edit

Etymology edit

pseudo- +‎ device

Noun edit

pseudodevice (plural pseudodevices)

(computing) An entry in a file system that acts like a physical device without having the corresponding hardware.
/dev/null is a pseudodevice on Unix-like systems.

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