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# 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)