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DEVFS         
  • A simplified structure of the Linux kernel. File systems are implemented as part of the I/O subsystem.
INTERFACE TO A DEVICE DRIVER THAT APPEARS IN A FILE SYSTEM AS IF IT WERE AN ORDINARY FILE; E.G. /DEV/* IN UNIX-LIKE SYSTEMS; CON, PRN, NUL IN DOS/WINDOWS
Devfs; Device node; Character special file; Block special file; Special file; /dev; Block device; Dev filesystem; Character device; Device special file; Pseudo-device; Pseudo device; DEVFS; Block devices; /dev/; Hda1; /dev/hda; Makedev; Mknod; Device name; Hda2; Hda3; Hda4; Hda5; Block special; /dev/sda; /dev/sdb; /dev/sdc; Scd0; Scd2; /dev/scd; /dev/scd0; /dev/scd1; /dev/scd2; Character devices; CON:; Device file system; Block driver; Linux device node; KBD$; POINTER$; LPT5; LPT6; LPT7; LPT8; LPT9; COM5; COM6; COM7; COM8; COM9; MOUSE$; /DEV; /DEV/; \DEV; \DEV\; U:/DEV; U:/DEV/; U:\DEV; U:\DEV\; Sharp IOCS; IOCS (Sharp)
DEVice File System (Reference: Linux, DRI), "Style: DevFS"
Device file         
  • A simplified structure of the Linux kernel. File systems are implemented as part of the I/O subsystem.
INTERFACE TO A DEVICE DRIVER THAT APPEARS IN A FILE SYSTEM AS IF IT WERE AN ORDINARY FILE; E.G. /DEV/* IN UNIX-LIKE SYSTEMS; CON, PRN, NUL IN DOS/WINDOWS
Devfs; Device node; Character special file; Block special file; Special file; /dev; Block device; Dev filesystem; Character device; Device special file; Pseudo-device; Pseudo device; DEVFS; Block devices; /dev/; Hda1; /dev/hda; Makedev; Mknod; Device name; Hda2; Hda3; Hda4; Hda5; Block special; /dev/sda; /dev/sdb; /dev/sdc; Scd0; Scd2; /dev/scd; /dev/scd0; /dev/scd1; /dev/scd2; Character devices; CON:; Device file system; Block driver; Linux device node; KBD$; POINTER$; LPT5; LPT6; LPT7; LPT8; LPT9; COM5; COM6; COM7; COM8; COM9; MOUSE$; /DEV; /DEV/; \DEV; \DEV\; U:/DEV; U:/DEV/; U:\DEV; U:\DEV\; Sharp IOCS; IOCS (Sharp)
In Unix-like operating systems, a device file or special file is an interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file. There are also special files in DOS, OS/2, and Windows.