Pseudointerface

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From pseudo- + interface.

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