Directory

Quick meaning: Directory is a noun meaning A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.

Meaning

A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.

More Meanings

1. (computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
2. (politics) A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government.
3. Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
4. (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.

Example Sentences

look up an address in the directory

[…] 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.

Word Forms

• directories

Synonyms for directory

Depending on context, synonyms include folder, directorate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include subdirectory, whois, repository, telephone, database, dir.

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