pseudodirectory
nounEtymology From pseudo- + directory.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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).
- "Mountpoint caution special /proc filesystem (page 497), which maps useful Linux kernel information to a pseudodirectory."2010, Mark G. Sobell, A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux: