directory: From http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/d/directory.html:

A special kind of file used to organize other files into a hierarchical structure. Directories contain bookkeeping information about files that are, figuratively speaking, beneath them. You can think of a directory as a folder or cabinet that contains files and perhaps other folders. In fact, many graphical user interfaces use the term folder instead of directory.

See http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/d/directory.html.

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