the course or direction in which something moves: the path of a whirlwind
4.
a course of conduct: the path of virtue
5.
computing the directions for reaching a particular file or directory, as traced hierarchically through each of the parent directories usually from the root; the file or directoryand all parent directories are separated from one another in the path by slashes
[Old English pæth; related to Old High German, German Pfad]