ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pseudodirectory

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pseudodirectory is a noun meaning (computing) A virtual directory entry that does not represent a directory on the underlying file system on disk, instead being automatically generated to represent some other objects in the form of files (for example '/proc' in Linux).

Meaning

(computing) A virtual directory entry that does not represent a directory on the underlying file system on disk, instead being automatically generated to represent some other objects in the form of files (for example '/proc' in Linux).

Example Sentences

"Mountpoint caution special /proc filesystem (page 497), which maps useful Linux kernel information to a pseudodirectory."

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pseudofile, pseudo-file, pseudodevice, superdirectory, pseudoblock, pseudoclass.

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