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di·rec·to·ry

Audio Help [di-rek-tuh-ree, -tree, dahy-] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ries, adjective

–noun

1.	a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.

2.	a board or tablet on a wall of a building listing the room and floor numbers of the occupants.

3.	a book of directions.

Computers.

a.	a list of files contained in external storage.

b.	a description of characteristics of a particular file, as the layout of fields within each record.

5.	the Directory, French History. the body of five directors forming the executive power of France from 1795 to 1799.

–adjective

6.	serving to direct; directing; directive.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < ML dīréctōrium, n. use of LL dīréctōrius directorial; in def. 5, trans. of F Directoire < ML, as above

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di·rec·to·ry Audio Help (dĭ-rěk'tə-rē, dī-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. di·rec·to·ries

A book containing an alphabetical or classified listing of names, addresses, and other data, such as telephone numbers, of specific persons, groups, or firms.
Computer Science
1. A listing of the files contained in a storage device, such as a magnetic disk.
2. A description of the various characteristics of a file, such as the layout of the fields in it.
A book of rules or directions.
A group or body of directors.

adj. Serving to direct.

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directory
noun
1.	an alphabetical list of names and addresses
2.	(computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)

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diˈrectory noun — plural diˈrectories

a type of book giving names and addresses etc
Example: a telephone directory

Arabic:	دَليل
Chinese (Simplified):	通信录，姓名地址录
Chinese (Traditional):	通信錄，姓名地址錄
Czech:	adresář; seznam
Danish:	adressebog; -bog
Dutch:	gids
Estonian:	kataloog
Finnish:	luettelo
French:	annuaire
German:	das Adress-, Telefonbuch
Greek:	κατάλογος
Hungarian:	címtár
Icelandic:	(síma)skrá
Indonesian:	direktori, buku petunjuk
Italian:	elenco, annuario

Japanese:	住所氏名録
Latvian:	telefona abonentu saraksts
Lithuanian:	knyga, sąrašas
Norwegian:	(telefon)katalog
Polish:	spis
Portuguese (Brazil):	catálogo, lista
Portuguese (Portugal):	lista
Romanian:	carte de telefon
Russian:	справочник
Slovak:	zoznam; adresár
Slovenian:	imenik
Spanish:	guía telefónica, listín
Swedish:	adresskalender, telefonkatalog
Turkish:	rehber

See also: direction, directive, directly, director, direct

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directory file system
A node in a hierarchical file system which contains zero or more other nodes - generally, files or other directories.
Compare folder.
(1997-04-10)