DIRECTORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does directory mean? 

• DIRECTORY (noun)
  The noun DIRECTORY has 2 senses:

1. an alphabetical list of names and addresses

2. (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)

  Familiarity information: DIRECTORY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIRECTORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alphabetical list of names and addresses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("directory" is a kind of...):

book of facts; reference; reference book; reference work (a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "directory"):

phone book; phonebook; telephone book; telephone directory (a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers)

blue book (a register of persons who are socially prominent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("directory" is a kind of...):

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "directory"):

subdirectory ((computer science) a directory that is listed in another directory)

 Context examples 

Having learned the address of Mitchell, Sons, & Candy from a directory at the Berkeley, I was soon at their office in Sackville Street.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A directory for a collection of computer files.

(Folder, NCI Thesaurus)

The specification of a node (file or directory) in a hierarchical file system, usually specified by listing the nodes top-down.

(Pathname, NCI Thesaurus)

‘This is a directory of Paris,’ said he, ‘with the trades after the names of the people.’

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Designed to make the most current, credible, and accurate cancer information available to health professionals and the public, Physician Data Query contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, complementary and alternative medicine, and supportive care; a registry of cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, professionals who provide genetics services, and organizations that provide cancer care.

(Physician Data Query, NCI Dictionary)

Designed to make the most current, credible, and accurate cancer information available to health professionals and the public, PDQ contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, complementary and alternative medicine, and supportive care; a registry of cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, professionals who provide genetics services, and organizations that provide cancer care.

(PDQ, NCI Dictionary)

Designed to make the most current, credible, and accurate cancer information available to health professionals and the public, PDQ contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care; a registry of cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, professionals who provide genetics services, and organizations that provide cancer care.

(PDQ Information System, NCI Dictionary)