directory

/daษชหˆษนษ›ktษ™ษนi/

IPA: /D ER0 EH1 K T ER0 IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.

  2. 2

    A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.

  3. 3

    A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.

Synonyms

adjective
  1. 1

    Containing directions; instructing; directorial.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/directory