pseudofile

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Synonyms: pseudolife, pedofile, pseudocele, pseudocide, pseudolite, pseudowire

Antonyms: pseudolife, pedofile, pseudocele, pseudocide, pseudolite, pseudowire

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Noun

1. {{lbl|en|computers}} A [[file]] that does not represent a file on the underlying [[file system]] on [[disk]], but instead is automatically generated to represent some other object in the form of a [[file]] (for example '/proc/cpuinfo' in [[Linux]]).

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