Turns out my devices talk way too much.

Devices can be character devices (like keyboards and serial ports), block devices (such as hard disks and USB devices), network devices and virtual devices. On Linux systems, devices are represented ...

block devices are those that can be read by blocks even though some programs may want to read char by char. These include tapes and hard drives. <BR><BR>Charactor devices are those only read char by ...

A peripheral device that transfers a group of bytes (block, sector, etc.) of data at a time such as a disk. Contrast with character device. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...