UNIX v6 used the term "inode" to refer to that as well - it was BSD that changed the name. UNIX called them "inode" and "permanent inode"; Linux calls them "in

UNIX v6 used the term "inode" to refer to that as well - it was BSD that changed the name. UNIX called them "inode" and "permanent inode"; Linux calls them "in-memory inode" and "on-disk inode". The BSDs use "vnode" and "inode".