Docroot

Quick meaning: Docroot is a noun meaning (web development) A folder located on a web server which contains all of a website's pages.

Meaning

(web development) A folder located on a web server which contains all of a website's pages.

Example Sentences

Another common use of docroots gives people private web sites on a web server. A typical convention maps URIs whose paths begin with a slash and tilde (/~) followed by a username to a private document root for that user. The private docroot is often the folder called public_html inside that user's home directory, but it can be configured differently (Figure 5-10).

Word Forms

• docroots

Synonyms for docroot

Depending on context, synonyms include webroot.

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