Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

device file

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: de-vice -file
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An interface to a device driver that appears in a file system, allowing an application program to interact with a device by using its device driver via standard input/output system calls.

Inflected Forms

device files (plural)

Questions

What does device file mean?: An interface to a device driver that appears in a file system, allowing an application program to interact with a device by using its device driver via standard input/output system calls.

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