Usually means: Organized collection of files, folders.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word directory:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. directory: Merriam-Webster
  2. directory, the Directory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. directory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. directory, the Directory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. directory: Vocabulary.com
  6. Directory, directory: Wordnik
  7. directory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. directory: Wiktionary
  9. directory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. directory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. directory: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Directory, directory, the directory: Dictionary.com
  13. directory: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Directory (computing), Directory (database), Directory (databases), Directory (file systems), Directory, The Directory, .directory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Directory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. directory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. directory: Rhymezone
  18. directory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. directory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. directory: FreeDictionary.org
  21. directory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. The Directory, directory: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Directory: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. directory: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. The Directory, directory: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  4. WebmasterWorld Webmaster and Search Engine Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. directory: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. directory: Netlingo
  3. directory: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  4. Directory: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  5. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  6. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  7. Webopedia (No longer online)
  8. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Directory (file systems), The Directory, directory: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. The Directory, directory: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. directory: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. directory: Search Engine Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
▸ noun:  (computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
▸ noun:  (computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
▸ adjective:  Containing directions; instructing; directorial.

Similar:
subdirectory, folder, subdirectories, dir, file, pathname, filename, executable, filestore, filepath, more...

Opposite:
unorganized, disordered, unlisted, chaotic, scrambled

Phrases:
the directory, Active Directory, telephone directory, Root directory, home directory, more...

Adjectives:
current, same, new, local, virtual, annual, active, international, temporary, main, single

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Similar:
subdirectory, folder, subdirectories, dir, file, pathname, filename, executable, filestore, filepath, more...

Opposite:
unorganized, disordered, unlisted, chaotic, scrambled

Phrases:
the directory, Active Directory, telephone directory, Root directory, home directory, city directory, directory services, working directory, directory service, directory tree, Business directory, more...

Adjectives:
current, same, new, local, virtual, annual, active, international, temporary, main, single

Colors:
    blue,     green,     red,     yellow,     orange, more...



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