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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Directory \Di*rect"o*ry\, adjective [L. directorius.] Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Directory \Di*rect"o*ry\, noun; pl. {Directories}.
1. A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.
2. A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.
3. [Cf. F. directoire.] A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.
4. Direction; guide. [R.] --Whitlock.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
directory
noun
1: an alphabetical list of names and addresses
2: (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
149 Moby Thesaurus words for "directory": Almanach de Gotha, Baedeker, British Cabinet, Red Book, Royal Kalendar, Sanhedrin, Social Register, US Cabinet, Yellow Pages, account, acquaintance, advisory body, announcement, assembly, association, atlas, bench, bibliography, blue book, board, board of directors, board of regents, board of trustees, body of advisers, borough council, brain trust, briefing, bulletin, business directory, cabinet, cadre, calendar, camarilla, casebook, catalog, catalogue raisonne, chamber, checklist, city council, city directory, classified catalog, classified directory, common council, communication, communique, concordance, conference, congress, consultative assembly, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council, court, cyclopedia, data, datum, deliberative assembly, diatesseron, dictionary catalog, diet, directorate, dispatch, divan, encyclopedia, enlightenment, evidence, executive arm, executive committee, executive hierarchy, facts, factual information, familiarization, finding list, gazetteer, gen, genealogy, general information, governing board, governing body, guidebook, handbook, handlist, handout, hard information, harmony, incidental information, index, info, information, infrastructure, instruction, intelligence, interlocking directorate, itinerary, junta, kitchen cabinet, knowledge, legislature, light, management, mention, message, notice, notification, parish council, pedigree, phone book, polyglot, presentation, privy council, promotional material, proof, publication, publicity, record book, reference book, release, report, road map, roadbook, sidelight, source book, soviet, staff, statement, steering committee, studbook, syndicate, synod, telephone book, telephone directory, the administration, the brass, the dope, the executive, the goods, the know, the people upstairs, the scoop, top brass, transmission, tribunal, white book, white paper, word, work of reference
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
directory A node in a hierarchical {file system} which contains zero or more other nodes - generally, {files} or other directories. Compare {folder}. (1997-04-10)
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