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Directory

Directory Meaning & Definition
Directory Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Directory?

[n] an alphabetical list of names and addresses
[n] (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Directory:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Directory: account | acquaintance | advisory body | Almanach de Gotha | announcement | assembly | association | atlas | Baedeker | bench | bibliography | blue book | board | board of directors | board of regents | board of trustees | body of advisers | borough council | brain trust | briefing | British Cabinet | 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 | Red Book | reference book | release | report | road map | roadbook | Royal Kalendar | Sanhedrin | sidelight | Social Register | 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 | US Cabinet | white book | white paper | word | work of reference | Yellow Pages

See Also | blue book | book of facts | list | listing | phone book | phonebook | reference | reference book | reference work | subdirectory | telephone book | telephone directory

Directory In Webster's Dictionary

\Di*rect"o*ry\, a. [L. directorius.] Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
\Di*rect"o*ry\, n.; 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.

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