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pseudodevice

pseudodevice noun: an entry in a file system that acts like a physical device without having the corresponding hardware.

Noun

pseudodevice (plural pseudodevices)

  1. An entry in a file system that acts like a physical device without having the corresponding hardware.
    • /dev/null is a pseudodevice on Unix-like systems.

pseudodevice meaning in Tamil

pseudodevice in Tamil

போலிக்கருவி

Forms of pseudodevice

pluralpseudodevices

Origin of pseudodevice

From pseudo- + device.

Questions about pseudodevice

What does pseudodevice mean?
Pseudodevice means an entry in a file system that acts like a physical device without having the corresponding hardware.
What is pseudodevice in Tamil?
Pseudodevice in Tamil is போலிக்கருவி. See Pseudodevice meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pseudodevice?
Pseudodevice is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudodevice?
The plural of pseudodevice is pseudodevices.

Words near pseudodevice in the dictionary

  1. pseudodentary
  2. pseudodentition
  3. pseudodepressed
  4. pseudodepression
  5. pseudodepressions
  6. pseudodevice
  7. pseudodevices
  8. pseudodextrocardia
  9. pseudodiadematid
  10. pseudodiadematids
  11. pseudodiagnoses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudodevice (page history and authors); pseudodevice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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