path
noun
- general form of the name of a file or directory; resources can be represented by either absolute or relative paths
- trail or walkway
- sequence of edges in a graph
- sequence of physical positions taken by a moving object
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pɑːθ/ / [pʰɑːθ] / [pʰäːθ]
noun
Etymology: Shortening.
- Pathology.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”). The Proto-Germanic term is possibly borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from the root *pent- (“to pass”), but this is disputed. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Paad, Pad (“path”), West Frisian paad (“path”), Dutch pad (“path”), German Pfad (“path”), German Low German Padd (“path”), Luxembourgish Pad (“path”). Indo-Iranian cognates could be Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊, “way”), Old Persian 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /paθi/), Hindi पथ (path), Sanskrit पन्था (panthā, “path”). See also English find. Doublet of panth.
- To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
“His ghoſtly counſells onely doe aduiſe, / The meanes hovv Langlies progenie may riſe, / Pathing young Henries vnaduiſed vvaies, / A Duke of Yorke from Cambridge houſe to raiſe, […]”
- To navigate through a file system directory tree (to a desired file or folder).
“Next, you need to path to the location of the executable and run it from there.”
- To pathfind.