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block devices

block devices is the plural of block device.

Meaning of block device

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

Questions about block devices

What is block devices the plural of?
Block devices is the plural of block device.

Words near block devices in the dictionary

  1. block copolymer
  2. block copolymers
  3. block design
  4. block designs
  5. block device
  6. block devices
  7. block diagram
  8. block diagrams
  9. block dump
  10. block dumps
  11. block flute

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