pseudofile

See also: pseudo-file

English

Alternative forms

• pseudo-file

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ file.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

pseudofile (plural pseudofiles)

1. (computing) 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).

See also

• pseudodirectory

Anagrams

• pseudo-life, pseudolife