Synthetic file system
HIERARCHICAL INTERFACE TO NON-FILE OBJECTS THAT APPEAR AS IF THEY WERE REGULAR FILES
Synthetic Filesystem; Synthetic file; Pseudo file system
In computer science, a synthetic file system or a pseudo file system is a hierarchical interface to non-file objects that appear as if they were regular files in the tree of a disk-based or long-term-storage file system. These non-file objects may be accessed with the same system calls or utility programs as regular files and directories.