pseudodirectory

See also: pseudo-directory

English

Alternative forms

• pseudo-directory

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ directory

Noun

pseudodirectory (plural pseudodirectories)

1. (computing) 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).

   Coordinate terms: directory, folder, label, library, subdirectory, subfolder, tag

   • 2010, Mark G. Sobell, A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux‎^[1]:

     "Mountpoint caution special /proc filesystem (page 497), which maps useful Linux kernel information to a pseudodirectory."