directory

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Etymology

Middle English directorie, from Medieval Latin directorium.

Noun

directory (plural directories)

1. A list of names, addresses etc., of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
2. (computing): A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
3. (computing): 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.

Synonyms

• folder (2)

Translations

list of names, addresses etc.

Bulgarian: указател (bg) m. Czech: adresář (cs) m. Dutch: gids m. (usually with an adjective to distinguish it from a tourist guide), repertorium n., telefoongids, Gouden gids, Witte gids Esperanto: telefonlibro Finnish: hakemisto (fi) French: annuaire (fr) German: Verzeichnis (de) n.

Greek: κατάλογος (el) (katálogos) m. Italian: Elenco telefonico Japanese: 一覧 (ja) (ichiran) Portuguese: diretório (pt) Russian: таблица (ru) f. Serbian: imenik m., именик m. Spanish: directorio (es) m.

structured listing of files

Czech: adresář (cs) m. Dutch: lijst (nl) f. Finnish: hakemisto (fi) French: dossier (fr) m., répertoire (fr) m.

German: Verzeichnis (de) n. Greek: κατάλογος (el) (katálogos) m. Japanese: ディレクトリ (ja) (dhirekutori)

simulated folder

Czech: adresář (cs) m. Dutch: folder (nl) m., map (nl) f. Finnish: kansio (fi) German: Ordner (de) m.

Greek: κατάλογος (el) (katálogos) m. Japanese: ディレクトリ (ja) (dhirekutori) Portuguese: diretório (pt) Swedish: mapp (sv) c.