"device file" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: device files [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} device file (plural device files)
  1. (computing) An interface to a device driver that appears in a file system, allowing an application program to interact with a device by using its device driver via standard input/output system calls. Wikipedia link: device file Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-device_file-en-noun-ht0D0QTk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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