However, while device special files are a good thing in themselves, typical Linux systems manage these special files in a suboptimal and cumbersome way.

然而，虽然设备特殊文件本身是一件好事情，但典型的Linux系统以一种不太理想而且麻烦的方式管理这些特殊文件。

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In fact, when you want to access a particular block device (such as a disks, partition, CD-ROM drive, etc) you'll actually have several different special files to which you can refer.

实际上，如果您想访问一个特定的块设备(如磁盘、分区、光盘驱动器等等)，事实上有几个不同的特殊文件可以引用。

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The next step is the creation of a small number of special device files.

下一个步骤是创建几个特殊的设备文件。

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In that instance, Google used special computer code to install tracking files known as cookies on some people's computers even if the device was set to block such tracking.

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