"inode" meaning in All languages combined

See inode on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: inodes [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain, but possibly short for index node. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain Head templates: {{en-noun}} inode (plural inodes)
  1. (computing) A data structure representing an object such as a file or a directory in a Unix (or similar) file system. Categories (topical): Computing Hypernyms: node

Inflected forms

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