virtual filesystem
C50074
concept
A virtual filesystem is an abstraction layer that presents a unified, filesystem-like interface to data and resources that may be stored in diverse formats, locations, or underlying systems.
Observed surface forms (3)
- FUSE filesystem ×1
- user-space file system framework ×1
- userspace filesystem ×1
Instances (4)
- Linux /proc file system
- EncFS via concept surface "FUSE filesystem"
- macFUSE via concept surface "user-space file system framework"
- GVfs