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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...

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...

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

The device independent file format (DVI) is the output file format of the TeX typesetting program, designed by David R. Fuchs and implemented by Donald...

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...

A Rolodex is a rotating card file device used to store a contact list. Its name, a portmanteau of the words "rolling" and "index", has become somewhat...

concept of files. The C and C++ programming languages, and operating systems in the Unix family, traditionally abstract files and devices as streams,...

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

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...

called DIB file format or BMP file format. According to Microsoft support: A device-independent bitmap (DIB) is a format used to define device-independent...

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...

I/O devices with no file system of their own, such as devices that use magnetic tape. The archive data sets created by tar contain various file system...

"objects", as opposed to other storage architectures like file systems which manages data as a file hierarchy, and block storage which manages data as blocks...

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...

synchronized files must physically fit in the portable storage device. Synchronization software that only keeps a list of files and the changed files eliminates...

devices and drivers, similar to the Device Manager's output, which the user may view on-screen or redirect to a file. This is useful for note-taking and...

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...

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...

processes, two assets, a file, and a device. The first process is the owner of asset 1, has the ability to execute asset 2, read the file, and write some information...