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English noun: directory

1. directory (communication) an alphabetical list of names and addresses


Broader (hypernym)book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work


Narrower (hyponym)blue book, phone book, phonebook, telephone book, telephone directory

2. directory (communication) (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)


Broader (hypernym)list, listing


Narrower (hyponym)subdirectory


Domain categorycomputer science, computing









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