systems, a device file, device node, or special file is an interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file. There...

The BMP file format, or bitmap, is a raster graphics image file format used to store bitmap digital images, independently of the display device (such as...

systems, a loop device, vnd (vnode disk), or lofi (loop file interface) is a pseudo-device that makes a computer file accessible as a block device. Before use...

storage device for a file system. File systems such as tmpfs can store files in virtual memory. A virtual file system provides access to files that are...

systems, the null device is a device file that discards all data written to it but reports that the write operation succeeded. This device is called /dev/null...

A computer file is a resource for recording data on a computer storage device, primarily identified by its filename. Just as words can be written on paper...

The device independent file format (DVI) is the output file format of the TeX typesetting program, designed by David R. Fuchs in 1979. Unlike the TeX...

A Memory Technology Device (MTD) is a type of device file in Linux for interacting with flash memory. The MTD subsystem was created to provide an abstraction...

/dev/full, or the always-full device, is a special file that always returns the error code ENOSPC (meaning "No space left on device") on writing, and provides...

A virtual device in Unix is a file such as /dev/null or /dev/urandom, that is treated as a device, as far as user level software is concerned, but is...

systems, a pseudoterminal, pseudotty, or PTY is a pair of pseudo-device endpoints (files) which establish an asynchronous, bidirectional communication (IPC)...

responsible for user access of files located on a data storage device. File viewers allow the user to open and view content on a device, such as a Personal Computer...

task Computer, a computing device Device file, an interface of a peripheral device driver Electronic component, a device that can be embedded in the...

communications protocol that allows media files to be transferred automatically to and from portable devices. While technically "available" on Windows...

files represent hardware devices. A device file can be used to control access to a device and to allow file-like operations on the connected device....

makes a USB device accessible to a host computing device and enables file transfers between the host and the USB device. To a host, the USB device acts as...

Ceph's RADOS Block Device (RBD), RADOS Gateway, and Ceph File System services. In this way, administrators can maintain their storage devices within a unified...

operating systems, a raw device is a special kind of logical device associated with a character device file that allows a storage device such as a hard disk...

For a block device /dev/hda, file /dev/hda1 reports: /dev/hda1: block special (0/0) By default, file does not try to read a device file due to potential...

exposed the encoding to application programs through the /dev/audio device file interface. This encoding and interface became a de facto standard for...

manufacturer of a medical device to establish a technical file (medical device file, device master record, design dossier, or device master file). Annex II and III...

computer files into a single archive file. It was originally developed for magnetic tape storage – reading and writing data for a sequential I/O device with...

/dev hierarchy. Each GPU detected by DRM is referred to as a DRM device, and a device file /dev/dri/cardX (where X is a sequential number) is created to...

The FAT file system is a file system used on MS-DOS and Windows 9x family of operating systems. It continues to be used on mobile devices and embedded...

A filename or file name is a name used to uniquely identify a computer file in a file system. Different file systems impose different restrictions on filename...

audio). Microsoft Windows .sys files and Linux .ko files can contain loadable device drivers. The advantage of loadable device drivers is that they can be...

for creating V4L2 device nodes aka a device file (/dev/videoX, /dev/vbiX and /dev/radioX) and tracking data from these nodes. The device node creation is...

openEuler server OS that is a cross-device file access where devices can read and edit files on transparently when the two devices are connected to the same network...

Computer file consisting of the contents of a storage device File archiver – Utility software for combining files List of archive formats "Archive File: What...

The following notable companies manufacture Network-attached Storage devices. File area network Disk enclosure Network architecture Server (computing)...