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pseudointerface

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + interface.

  1. derived from faciēs
  2. derived from facia
  3. derived from face
  4. inherited from face
  5. prefixed as interface — “inter- + face”
  6. prefixed as pseudointerface — “pseudo + interface”

Definitions

  1. A software component that acts like a network interface but is not a true interface.

    • In IPv4, the node has a single node address, but in IPv6, a node will typically have more than one IPv6 address — one for the physical interface and addresses for the virtual or pseudointerfaces as well.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pseudointerface. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA