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directory
Sign in to saveAlso known as folder, drawer, file folder, dir, computer folder, computer directory
in computing, a file system cataloging structure which contains references to other computer files, and possibly other directories
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Vinony's link graph records 470 inbound references to directory, and connects out to computer file, command-line interface and Network File System.
It sits within the topics Computer file systems, File system directories and File system management.
Vinony links it to 49 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- directory structure
- Main subject
- computer file
- Image
- Fmpda screenshot.png
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- different from
- catalog / catalogue
- topic's main category
- Category:File system directories
- facet of
- operating system
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/directory
- Unicode character
- 🗁
- Commons category
- File system directories
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C62486
- media type
- x-directory/normal
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Encyclopedic overview
Screenshot of a Microsoft Windows command prompt window showing a directory listing.
In computing, a directory is a file system cataloging structure that contains references to other computer files, and possibly other directories. On many computers, directories are known as folders or drawers, analogous to a workbench or the traditional office filing cabinet. The name derives from books like a telephone directory that lists the phone numbers of all the people living in a certain area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “directory” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.