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In Unix-like operating systems a device or special file is an interface for a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file. There are also special files in MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. They allow software to interact with a device driver using standard input/output system calls which simplifies many tasks and unifies user-space I/O mechanisms.Device files often provide simple interfaces to peripheral devices such as printers and serial ports.