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<dt>character</dt>
<dd>Character devices transfer data one character at a time.The data is not in discrete chunks, it is a continuous stream of characters. An example of a stream device file is a printer however many character devices (such as `/dev/null`) are not physically connected to the machine.</dd>
<dt>pipe<dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Pipe devices allow two or more processes to communicate with each other. They work in the same way as character devices (transferring data as a stream) but instead of the output being sent to a device, it is sent to another process.</dd>
<dt>socket<dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>The same as pipe devices, facilitating communication between processes however they can communicate with many processes at once, not just a single process.</dd>
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TODO: Add details on pipes and sockets once I understand them.
## /dev/null
`/dev/null` is a virtual device: it doesn't actually exist as a piece of hardware on the system.
Base on : https://linuxhint.com/what_is_dev_null/