Usually means: Base folder in a filesystem.
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  1. root directory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. root directory: Dictionary.com
  3. Root directory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. root directory: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. root directory: CCI Computer
  3. Webopedia (No longer online)
  4. root directory: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Root directory)

noun:  In a computer file system, and primarily used in the Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the root directory is the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy.


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