# /dev/null

> special computer file that discards all writes

**Wikidata**: [Q14671](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14671)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_device)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/dev-null


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013