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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Path \Path\ (p[.a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pathed} (p[.a][th]d); pr.p. & vb n. {Pathing}.] To make a path in or on (something), or for (some one). [R.] ``Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways.'' --Drayton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Path \Path\, v. i. To walk or go [R.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Path \Path\ (p[.a]th), n.; pl {Paths} (p[.a][th]z). [As. p[ae][eth], pa[eth]; akin to D. pad, G. pfad, of uncertain origin; cf Gr pa`tos, Skr. patha, path. [root]21.] 1. A trodden way a footway. The dewy paths of meadows we will tread. --Dryden. 2. A way course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved route; passage; an established way as the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth. --Ps. xxv. 10. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. --Gray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: path n 1: a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" [syn: {way}, {way of life}] 2: a way especially designed for a particular use 3: an established line of travel or access [syn: {route}] 4: a line or route along which something travels or moves: "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: {track}, {course}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: path n. 1. A {bang path} or explicitly routed {{Internet address}}; a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines. Though these are now obsolete as a form of addressing, they still show up in diagnostics and trace headers occasionally (e.g. in NNTP headers). 2. [Unix] A filename fully specified relative to the root directory (as opposed to relative to the current directory; the latter is sometimes called a `relative path'). This is also called a `pathname'. 3. [Unix and MS-DOS] The `search path', an environment variable specifying the directories in which the {shell} (COMMAND.COM, under MS-DOS) should look for commands. Other similar constructs abound under Unix (for example, the C preprocessor has a `search path' it uses in looking for `#include' files). From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: path 1.A {bang path} or explicitly routed {Internet address}; a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines. 2. {pathname}. 3. The list of directories the kernel (under {Unix}) or the command interpreter (under {MS-DOS}) searches for {executables}. It is stored as part of the {environment} in both operating systems. Other similar constructs abound under Unix; the {C} {preprocessor}, for example, uses such a search path to locate "#include" files. [{Jargon File}] (1996-11-21)
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