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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Directory \Di*rect"o*ry\, a. [L. directorius.] Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Directory \Di*rect"o*ry\, n.; pl {Directories}. 1. A collection or body of directions, rules or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book. 2. A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place or of classes of them an address book; as a business directory. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: directory n 1: an alphabetical list of names and addresses 2: (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: directoryA node in a hierarchical {file system} which contains zero or more other nodes - generally, {files} or other directories. Compare {folder}. (1997-04-10)
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