pseudodirectory

See also: pseudo-directory

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ directory

Noun

pseudodirectory (plural pseudodirectories)

  1. (computing) A 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).
    • 2010, Mark G. Sobell, A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux‎:
      "Mountpoint caution special /proc filesystem (page 497), which maps useful Linux kernel information to a pseudodirectory."
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