pseudointerface
A software component that acts like a network interface but is not a true interface.
Noun
- 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. - 2011, William...
Origin
From pseudo- + interface.