pseudointerface

A software component that acts like a network interface but is not a true interface.

Noun

  1. 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.

Forms

pseudointerfaces