need terminology help

[Mike MacCana]

device file or device node is best. the term 'device' can mean the
physical hardware. node is correct (the program used to make these
files is called 'mknod')  but not widely understood.


On 7/7/06, Duncan Lithgow <duncan at lithgow-schmidt.dk> wrote:
> In editing https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firewire I keep hitting the
> fact that I barely know what I'm talking about! But someone needs to
> write it...
>
> Could someone tell me, when I plug my video camera into firewire udev
> creates an 'x' to interface with the hardware. That 'x' is
> either /dev/dv1394 or /dev/raw1394. But are they called? I've seen them
> called devices, nodes, and device nodes. What's the real or preferred
> term? It's time for me to be consistent.
>
> Duncan
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