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device file

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
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device file

Summary

device file ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • device file's subclass of is recorded as computer file[2].
  • device file's part of is recorded as Unix-like operating system[3].
  • device file's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047sws7[4].
  • device file's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Device file[5].
  • device file's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox device file[6].
  • device file's used by is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[7].
  • device file's different from is recorded as device tree[8].
  • device file's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01041672n[9].
  • device file's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 193769178[10].
  • device file's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2909369286[11].
  • device file's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C193769178[12].
  • device file's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Device_file[13].
  • device file's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Device_file/hu[14].
  • device file's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Device_file/ja[15].
  • device file's ArchWiki article is recorded as Device_file[16].
  • device file's ArchWiki article is recorded as Device_file_(Español)[17].
  • device file's ArchWiki article is recorded as Device_file_(Português)[18].
  • device file's ArchWiki article is recorded as Device_file_(Türkçe)[19].
  • device file's ArchWiki article is recorded as Device_file_(Русский)[20].

Why It Matters

device file ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

GNU Core Utilities Unix-like operating system

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . GNU.org. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_device-file_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{device file}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/device-file}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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