"pseudofile" meaning in All languages combined

See pseudofile on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudofile.wav Forms: pseudofiles [plural]
Etymology: From pseudo- + file. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|file}} pseudo- + file Head templates: {{en-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). Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: pseudo-file Related terms: pseudodirectory

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