directory
pronunciation
How to pronounce directory in British English:
UK [dəˈrektəri]
How to pronounce directory in American English:
US [dəˈrektəri]
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- Noun:
- an alphabetical list of names and addresses
- (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)
Word Origin
- directory (n.)
- 1540s, "guide, book of rules," from Medieval Latin directorium, noun use of neuter of Latin directorius, from directus (see direct (v.)). Meaning "alphabetical listing of inhabitants of a region" is from 1732; listing of telephone numbers is from 1908. As an adjective, from mid-15c.
Example
- 1. Do so and place it in an appropriate directory .
- 2. The site provides a directory of all congressional twitter users and aggregates their tweets .
- 3. It was only last year that the first chinese yellow pages telephone business directory was published .
- 4. It also has a business directory with nearly 4000 listings .
- 5. Thou shalt not access a forbidden directory on a web server ?