In computing, a directory is a file system cataloging structure that contains references to other computer files, and possibly other directories. On many...
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Look up directory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Directory may refer to: Directory (computing), or folder, a file system structure in which to store...
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superuser. Directory (computing) Filesystem Hierarchy Standard My Documents Root directory Working directory "Where is my user home directory?". DownUnder GeoSolutions...
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In computing, the working directory of a process is a directory of a hierarchical file system, if any, dynamically associated with the process. It is sometimes...
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In computing, a directory service or name service maps the names of network resources to their respective network addresses. It is a shared information...
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Decentralized computing Desktop virtualization Dew computing Directory Distributed data store Distributed database Distributed computing Distributed networking...
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In computing, a directory structure is the way an operating system arranges files that are accessible to the user. Files are typically displayed in a hierarchical...
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Rmdir (redirect from Remove directory)
In computing, rmdir (or rd) is a command which will remove an empty directory on various operating systems. The command is available in Unix (e.g. macOS...
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In computing, a hidden file or hidden directory is a file system object (such as a file or directory) that is excluded from a directory content report...
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Temporary folder (redirect from Temporary directory)
In computing, a temporary folder or temporary directory is a directory used to hold temporary files. Many operating systems and some software automatically...
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2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. Ron White (July 1996). "Directory Assistance on Disc". PC Computing. p. 76. three main .. American Business Information,...
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In computing, a daemon is a program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user. Customary convention...
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based on material taken from Lightweight+Directory+Access+Protocol at the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing prior to 1 November 2008 and incorporated...
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hierarchical file system. Generally, a path is composed of directory names, special directory specifiers and optionally a filename, separated by delimiting...
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The Google Directory was a web directory hosted by Google and is based on the open source project DMOZ. It was discontinued on July 20, 2011. However...
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In computing, tar is a shell command for combining multiple computer files into a single archive file. It was originally developed for magnetic tape storage...
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parallel computing: bit-level, instruction-level, data, and task parallelism. Parallelism has long been employed in high-performance computing, but has...
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In computing, a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on configurable security...
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In computing, a library is a collection of resources that can be used during software development to implement a computer program. Commonly, a library...
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In computing, the term virtual directory has a couple of meanings. It may simply designate (for example in IIS) a folder which appears in a path but which...
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1% rule (Internet culture) Anonymous post Prosumer Pseudonym End-user computing, systems in which non-programmers can create working applications. End-user...
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in the Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the root directory is the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy. It can be likened to the trunk of a tree...
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Mkdir (redirect from Make directory)
AmigaDOS provide a similar MakeDir command to create new directories. The numerical computing environments MATLAB and GNU Octave include an mkdir function...
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Archive file (redirect from Archive (computing))
In computing, an archive file stores the content of one or more files, possibly compressed, with associated metadata such as file name, directory structure...
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Cd (command) (redirect from Change directory)
local working directory vs. the remote setting. The numerical computing environments MATLAB and GNU Octave include a change directory command as cd....
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Plan 9 from Bell Labs (redirect from Plan 9 union directory)
Plan 9 from Bell Labs is an operating system designed by the Computing Science Research Center (CSRC) at Bell Labs in the mid-1980s, built on the UNIX...
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Hierarchical file system (section Working directory)
In computing, a hierarchical file system is a file system that uses directories to organize files into a tree structure. In a hierarchical file system...
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Manoeuvres Object identifier, an object used in computing to name an object Oracle Internet Directory, a directory service produced by Oracle Corporation OpenID...
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In computing, the sticky bit is a user ownership access right flag that can be assigned to files and directories on Unix-like systems. There are two definitions:...
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infinity (ZOI) rule is a rule of thumb in software design proposed by early computing pioneer Willem van der Poel. It argues that arbitrary limits on the number...
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