# Special file Unlike a regular file (a bunch of accessible data organized on a filesystem), it's a special filename that points to a ressource or similar: - character special files - block special files - named pipes - socket files Since a directory also is only a file, you can count it as special file, too. ## See also - [file](../dict/terms/file.md) - [filename](../dict/terms/hardlink.md) - [directory](../dict/terms/directory.md)