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block device

block device noun: an abstraction for buffered access to hardware devices, especially storage, where data is read or written in arbitrary-sized blocks.

Noun

block device (plural block devices)

  1. (Unix) An abstraction for buffered access to hardware devices, especially storage, where data is read or written in arbitrary-sized blocks.
    • The network block device is a block device offered by Linux. It behaves as a normal block device that can be formatted with any block-based file system and mounted for use.2016, Joel Reardon, Secure Data Deletion, Springer, →ISBN, page 137

Forms of block device

pluralblock devices

Questions about block device

What does block device mean?
Block device means an abstraction for buffered access to hardware devices, especially storage, where data is read or written in arbitrary-sized blocks.
What part of speech is block device?
Block device is a noun.
What is the plural of block device?
The plural of block device is block devices.

Words near block device in the dictionary

  1. block comments
  2. block copolymer
  3. block copolymers
  4. block design
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  8. block diagram
  9. block diagrams
  10. block dump
  11. block dumps

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