pseudo-directory

A form of pseudodirectory — 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).

Meanings

nounpseudo-directories (plural pseudo-directories)

plural pseudo-directories

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of pseudodirectory.
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