directory
noun
- in computing, a file system cataloging structure which contains references to other computer files, and possibly other directories
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/ / /daɪˈɹɛktəɹi/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English directorye, from Latin dīrēctōrius. By surface analysis, direct + -ory.
- Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English directorie, dyrectorye, from Medieval Latin dīrēctōrium. By surface analysis, direct + -ory. Doublet of directorium. The political sense is a semantic loan from French directoire.
- A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
“look up an address in the directory”
- A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
- A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
- A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government.
“[…] at the Ufa State Conference it was it was the union's conception of a directory (rather than a dictatorship) to rule anti-Bolshevik Russia that won the day.”