Directory

What “Directory” means

Noun

1. A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
2. A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
3. 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.
4. A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government.

Adj

1. Containing directions; instructing; directorial.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English directorie, dyrectorye, from Medieval Latin dīrēctōrium. By surface analysis, direct + -ory. Doublet of directorium. The political sense is a semantic loan from French directoire.

From Middle English directorye, from Latin dīrēctōrius. By surface analysis, direct + -ory.

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Industries where “Directory” fits

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• Directory and Mailing List Publishers