Directory

Definition: Directory

Directory

Noun

1. An alphabetical list of names and addresses.

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

Date "directory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Directory A node in a hierarchical file system which contains zero or more other nodes - generally, files or other directories. Compare folder. (1997-04-10). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Building & Civil Engineering	A tablet or sectional strips on the wall of the entry of a building bearing the names of occupants with indication of the floor level and room numbers of each. Source: European Union. (references)
Information	Publication giving information arranged in alphabetic, chronological or systematic order for the identification or localization of persons, objects, bodies or places. Source: European Union. (references)
	In data media:an organized list of files on a data medium, e. g. a directory on a diskette. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Directory The French constitution of 1795, when the executive was vested in five persons called directors, one of whom retired every year. After a sickly existence of four years, it was quashed by Napoleon Bonaparte. An alphabetical list of the inhabitants, etc., of a given locality, as a "London Directory." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Math	(1) A collection of uniform descriptions that summarize the contents of a large number of data sets. It provides information suitable for making an initial determination of the existence and contents of each data set. Each directory entry contains brief data set information (e.g., type of data, data set name, time and location bounds). (2) A uniform set of description of a class or classes of entities (e.g., data sets, data sources, Guides) with pointers to more details and to the entities themselves, as appropriate. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The Directory was a government in revolutionary France from 1795 to 1799.

In computing, a directory, catalog, or folder, is a particular area of the file system used for organizing files. The name folder is especially used on some operating systems, such as Mac OS and, increasingly, Microsoft Windows.

Note that the folder metaphor may be misleading with regard to things like file permissions on UNIX: To rename or delete a file you need write permission to the directory that contains the file. This is perfectly understandable if the directory is seen as a list of filenames but not if it is seen as a container (as folder implies).

In graphical user interface (GUI) environments, folders are often depicted with icons which resemble physical file folders such as those of a file cabinet in an office.

If you imagine the computer's file system as a file cabinet, high-level directories may be represented by the drawers, and low-level directories or "sub-directories" may be represented as file folders within the drawers. Operating systems like Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, and UNIX support practically limitless levels of sub-directories (or folders within folders.)

The word directory is used in computing with a different sense: a central repository of information related to management of a computer or a network of computers. This includes data on users, applications, hosts, network devices, security credentials and more. The directory, as opposed to a database, is heavily optimized for reading, with the assumption that data updates are very rare compared to data reads.

Currently (2003) the prominent directory technology is LDAP, which is descended from the X.500 standard. Microsoft's implementation of LDAP is Active Directory.

The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) is creating standards related to the information stored in such directories, and the protocols and APIs used to access it. The main product of these efforts is a common information model (CIM) for management.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
DIT	Danish	Directory information tree	Computing
DIB	English	Directory information base	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Council	Senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim; classis; Amphictyonic council; duma, house of representatives; legislative assembly, legislative council; riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate; court of appeal; (tribunal); board of control, board of works; vestry; county council, local board.
List	Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre; directory, gazetter. almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac;
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	The Aam Guide to Museum Giving: A Directory of Giving Opportunities at Museums Across the United States (reference) Windows 2000 Active Directory (reference) Directory of Periodical Online: Science and Technology/Indexed Abstracted & Full-Text (reference) Abstracting and Indexing Services Directory (reference) Directory of Indexing and Abstracting Courses and Seminars (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Anglican Church Directory (reference) Community Profiles : Illinois Directory Of Cities Villages Towns Counties And Public Officials (reference) Aia New York City Directory Of Architecture Firms (reference) Standard Directory Of Advertisers - Classified Ed - Advertiser Suppl (reference) Uk Clearings Directory (reference) (more periodical examples)

High Tech	4GB DIRECTORY DIMM FOR COMPAQ (reference) Directory Assistant (reference) Mail Directory Sys Mac OS 1.0 (10-user) (reference) Windows 2000 Directory Services Examiner [DOWNLOAD] (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Montage of images of credit cards, Diners' Club sign, and cover of American Express overseas directory. Credit: Library of Congress.		Telephone and directory. Dubuque, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Miscellaneous subjects. Telephone, directory and globe. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Donald Sinden	An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	At the time of her birth, the Directory was still in existence
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Request document number 000005 for a directory of all available travel faxes. (references)
		Local affiliates can be found in the telephone directory or through the national office. (references)
		Look in your local telephone directory for a laboratory or cooperative extension that offers water testing. (references)
Business		Newman Books publish an annual directory of U.K. importers and the commodities that they handle. (references)
		The NBAD publishes a UAE share directory containing the managerial and economic profiles of these companies. (references)
		The directory identifies importers by product, country, turnover, location, method of transport, frequency of shipment, and freight tonnage. (references)
Economic History	Switzerland	The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory contains an extensive list of lawyers licensed to practice in Switzerland. (references)
	France	The number can be found in the US government pages of your telephone directory, or you may call 1-800-USA-TRADE. (references)
	Turkey	Other opportunities exist in satellite communications, 3rd generation GSM, pay phones, directory services, and interactive TV. (references)
Travel	Sri Lanka	The AmCham published a comprehensive membership directory in 1998, which is available to non-members for purchase. (references)
	France	Calls to the States may be charged to international telephone cards such as AT&T, MCI and Sprint; international directory inquiries may be reached by dialing 0-800-99-00-11 (AT&T Direct U.S. operator). (references)
	Cote D'ivoire	CI-Telcom services include: mobile radio telephone, telex, telegraph and facsimile services, and an X.25 based packet switched network for large data communications applications and the MINITEL directory. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	President Washington and the first President Adams in the performance of their duties to the American people fell under the animadversions of the French Directory.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Directory" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.93% of the time. "Directory" is used about 1,508 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.93%	1,507	5,406
Noun (proper)	0.07%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	1,508	N/A

Expressions using "directory": active Directory ♦ alphabetical directory ♦ building directory ♦ classified directory ♦ Directory [Publication Type] ♦ directory access protocol ♦ directory assistance ♦ Directory Assistance Charping System ♦ directory enquiries ♦ directory entry ♦ directory entry section ♦ directory information base ♦ directory information tree ♦ Directory Information Tree structure rule ♦ directory management domain ♦ directory name ♦ directory service ♦ directory system ♦ directory System Agent ♦ directory system protocol ♦ directory User Agent ♦ directory version ♦ electronic data element directory ♦ lightweight Directory Access Protocol ♦ main directory ♦ multilevel directory ♦ national Software Reuse Directory ♦ netware Directory Services ♦ phone directory ♦ pubic directory ♦ root directory ♦ routing directory ♦ street directory ♦ telephone directory ♦ Texts. A copy of the license is included in the info directory in the ♦ trade data element directory ♦ trade directory ♦ United Nations trade data elements directory. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "directory": directory-type.
	Ending with "directory": sub-directory.
	Containing "directory": ex-directory number.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "directory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		katalogus (catalog, catalogue). (various references)

Albanian		drejtori (board, direction, directorate, management, office), doracak (digest), udhëzues (director, guiding, instructive, instructor, leader, manager, manual, master, runner, supervisor), udhëheqës (chief, chieftain, conductor, directive, director, fugleman, guide, headman, heuristic, instructor, leader, manager, managing, mentor, organizer, supervisor), numërator telefonik (desk book), katalog (book, catalogue, pattern book, repertory, roll, schedule). (various references)

Arabic		‏مجلس مديرين, ‏حكومة المديرين, ‏توجيهي (didactic, directive, instructive, rectorial), ‏دليل (attestation, clue, companion, evidence, guide, guidebook, in evidence, index, pilot, proof, substantiation, telltale, testimonial, testimony). (various references)

Bulgarian		управителен съвет, справочник (companion, desk book, digest, handbook, reference book, repertory), ръководство (administration, conduct, direction, governance, guidance, guide, handbook, lead, leadership, management, running, supervision, textbook, tutelage, tutorage, tutorship), ръководен (directional, directorial, general, governing, key, leading), телефонен указател (telephone book, telephone directory), с указания, книга с наставления за литургия, годишник (almanac, annals, annual, catalogue, yearbook), директория. (various references)

Chinese		目錄 (catalog, contents, list, table of contents), 目录 (Directories, listing). (various references)

Czech		ukazatel (index, index number, pointer), adresář. (various references)

Danish		vejvisersystem (directory system), vejviser (address list), oplysningssystem (directory system), nummerfortegnelse, katalog (catalogue), adresseliste (load map, mailing list), adressebog. (various references)

Dutch		adresboek (address list). (various references)

Esperanto		katalogo (catalogue), adreslibro. (various references)

Farsi		کتاب راهنما (Guide, Guidebook, Handbook, Manual). (various references)

Finnish		osoitekalenteri, luettelo (catalogue, list), hakemisto (index). (various references)

French		directoire, bottin, Annuaire (telephone directory). (various references)

Frisian		katalogus (catalogue). (various references)

German		verzeichnis (catalog, catalogue, dictionary, file, index, list, memorandum, prospectus, record, register, schedule, table, tablet, tabulation), Directory, Inhaltsverzeichnis (contents, table of contents), Dateiverzeichnis, adressbuch (address book, address table, table of addresses). (various references)

Greek		κατάλογοσ ονομάτων με διευθύνσεισ, κατάλογος (catalogue), σύστημα καταλόγου (directory system), πίνακας περιεχομένων (contents list, table of contents), τηλεφωνικόσ κατάλογοσ (telephone directory), τηλεφωνικός κατάλογος (telephone directory), διευθηντήριο. (various references)

Hawaiian		katalog (catalogue). (various references)

Hungarian		telefonkönyv (telephone book, telephone directory). (various references)

Icelandic		skrá (catalogue, list). (various references)

Indonesian		direktori, petunjuk (advice, direction, directive, guidance, guideline, hint, indication, instruction). (various references)

Italian		elenco (dictionary, index, list, panel, register, schedule, table), direttorio, catalogo (catalog, catalogue, index, list, syllabus). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		興信録 , 登録簿 , 紳士録 , 人名録 (name list), 人名簿 (name list), ディーゼル電気車 (daemon, daily news, day, day and date, day bed, day pack, day'n'date, dealer, debate, debug, debugger, decay, decentralization, deduction, deep, deep kiss, default, defender, Defender Plan, defense, definition, delay, delayed steal, delay-line, demand-pull inflation, deoxyribo, depletion, deregulation, deschooling, describe, descriptor, destination, destructor, detail, detector, Deus, developer, device, dictionary, dieldrin, diesel electric car, differential gear, differentiation, diffusion index, digital, digital camera, digital voltmeter, dilettante, dilettantism, dimension, diminuendo, dimple, dinghy, dinner, dinner dress, dinner jacket, dinner party, dinner set, dinner suit, dip, diploma, director, disc jockey, disclosure, Discman, disco, disco sound, discography, disconnect, discontinue, discotheque, discount, discount sale, discount store, discover, discoverer, discrete, discussion, disinflation, disk, disk brake, disk jockey, diskette, diskless, diskman, Disney, Disneyland, dispatch, dispatcher, dispel, dispenser, displacement, display, disposer, disrupt, dissolve, distance, distortion, distribution, distributor, disturb, divertimento, divided skirt, divider, divot, French kiss), 名鑑 (list). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ディレクトリィ , ディレクトリ , し�"しろく, �"うし�"ろく, めいか�" (list), じ�"めいぼ (name list), じ�"めいろく (name list), とうろくぼ. (various references)

Korean		� ��"번호부 (Directories). (various references)

Manx		lioar enmey. (various references)

Norwegian		adressebok. (various references)

Papiamen		katalòk (catalogue). (various references)

Pig Latin		irectoryday.(various references)

Portuguese		diretório (directorate). (various references)

Romanian		registru de adrese, carte de telefon (telephone directory), carte de adrese, care îndrumeazã. (various references)

Russian		указатель (bar cursor, cursor, hand, index, indicator, link, pointer, signpost), справочник (catalogue, companion, desk book, enchiridion, handbk handbook, handbook, manual, reference book, reference manual), каталог (card catalog, catalogue, schedule), адресная книга, директорий, директивный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		priručnik (enchiridion, handbook, manual, teach-yourself book), imenik (address book), adresar (address book). (various references)

Spanish		directorio (address list, directorate), catálogo (catalog, catalogue, library, list). (various references)

Swedish		katalog (catalog, catalogue, catalouge, guide, guidebook, index), adresskalender (address list). (various references)

Thai		สมุ�"รายนาม. (various references)

Turkish		dinsel kurallar kitabı, yönetim kurulu (administrative body, board of directors, board of management, board of manager, council, directorate, governing body, steering committee), telefon rehberi (telephone book, telephone directory, yellow pages), rehber kitap (guidebook, vade mecum), rehber (careers officer, cicerone, conductor, courier, guidance conselor, guide, guidebook, handbook, pathfinder, pilot), müdüriyet (secretariat, secretariate), katalog (beadroll, catalog, catalogue), fransız ihtilâli hükümeti beşler heyeti, adres defteri. (various references)

Ukrainian		адресна книга, довідник (calendar, catalogue, dictionary, digest, enchiridion, handbook, reference book, repertory), дирекція (management), директивний (directive, directorial). (various references)

Vietnamese		sách chỉ dẫn, huấn thị (charge), hướng dẫn (directive, leading), chỉ dẫn, chỉ bảo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Directory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Diracto, directery, directoire, directoriey, directrix, Direttore, drector. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "directory" (pronounced dere"kterē, dīre"kterē, dēre"kterē , or dire"kterē)
5	-e" k t er ē	rectory, trajectory.
4	-k t er ē	contradictory, factory, introductory, olfactory, perfunctory, refractory, satisfactory, unsatisfactory, valedictory, victory.
3	-t er ē	adultery, alimentary, artery, battery, blustery, buttery, complimentary, coterie, jittery, documentary, eatery, effrontery, flattery, glittery, history, lottery, mastery, mystery, notary, parliamentary, peremptory, pottery, premonitory, protohistory, rotary, rudimentary, sedimentary, splintery, supplementary, testamentary, upholstery, watery.
6	-r e" k t er ē	rectory.
5	-e" k t er ē	trajectory.
4	-k t er ē	contradictory, factory, introductory, olfactory, perfunctory, refractory, satisfactory, unsatisfactory, valedictory, victory.
3	-t er ē	adultery, alimentary, artery, battery, blustery, buttery, complimentary, coterie, jittery, documentary, eatery, effrontery, flattery, glittery, history, lottery, mastery, mystery, notary, parliamentary, peremptory, pottery, premonitory, protohistory, rotary, rudimentary, sedimentary, splintery, supplementary, testamentary, upholstery, watery.
6	-r e" k t er ē	rectory.
5	-e" k t er ē	trajectory.
4	-k t er ē	contradictory, factory, introductory, olfactory, perfunctory, refractory, satisfactory, unsatisfactory, valedictory, victory.
3	-t er ē	adultery, alimentary, artery, battery, blustery, buttery, complimentary, coterie, jittery, documentary, eatery, effrontery, flattery, glittery, history, lottery, mastery, mystery, notary, parliamentary, peremptory, pottery, premonitory, protohistory, rotary, rudimentary, sedimentary, splintery, supplementary, testamentary, upholstery, watery.
6	-r e" k t er ē	rectory.
5	-e" k t er ē	trajectory.
4	-k t er ē	contradictory, factory, introductory, olfactory, perfunctory, refractory, satisfactory, unsatisfactory, valedictory, victory.
3	-t er ē	adultery, alimentary, artery, battery, blustery, buttery, complimentary, coterie, jittery, documentary, eatery, effrontery, flattery, glittery, history, lottery, mastery, mystery, notary, parliamentary, peremptory, pottery, premonitory, protohistory, rotary, rudimentary, sedimentary, splintery, supplementary, testamentary, upholstery, watery.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-o-r-r-t-y"
	-1 letter: creditor, director.
	-2 letters: cordite, rectory.
	-3 letters: coedit, corder, corrie, credit, dioecy, direct, dotier, editor, erotic, orrice, record, rector, rioted, rioter, torrid, triced, triode, yirred.
	-4 letters: cider, cited, citer, coder, cored, corer, coted, coyed, coyer, credo, cried, crier, crore, cyder, decor, decoy, decry, deity, derry, dicer, dicey, dicot, dicty, direr, dirty, dorty, doter, drier, droit.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-o-r-r-t-y"
	+2 letters: hydrometric, predicatory.
	+3 letters: creditworthy, depreciatory, interdictory.
	+4 letters: deprecatorily, discretionary, hydroelectric.
	+5 letters: diffractometry, hydrocortisone, radiochemistry, reproductively.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
sublime directory	42,689	area code directory	608
phone directory	19,659	adult directory	575
directory	15,298	hotmail member directory	561
member directory	6,662	sublime adult directory	531
reverse phone directory	5,938	active directory	523
reverse directory	5,645	email address directory	494
member directory yahoo	4,861	hotmail directory	445
web host directory	3,466	porn directory	438
zip code directory	2,340	international phone directory	434
email directory	2,286	aol member directory	431
campground directory	1,821	toll free directory	429
web directory	1,452	manpicture directory	413
cell phone directory	1,417	yellow page directory	388
business directory	1,168	white page directory	361
internet directory	850	city directory	348
directory member msn	769	physician directory	344
clip directory	752	criss cross directory	339
800 directory	710	bondage directory	337
yahoo directory	673	411 directory	332
directory and guide	640	cellular phone directory	330
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Directory

Definition: Directory

Directory

Noun

Specialty Definition: Directory

Specialty Definition: Directory

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Directory

Synonyms within Context: Directory

Council

List

Crosswords: Directory

Commercial Usage: Directory

Books

Periodicals

High Tech

Image Slideshow: Directory

Photos:Directory

Illustrations:Directory

Computer Images:Directory

Photo Album: Directory

Familiar Quotations: Directory

Donald Sinden

Use in Literature: Directory

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: Directory

Speeches: Directory

Andrew Jackson

Usage Frequency: Directory

Expressions: Directory

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Directory

Modern Translation: Directory

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Farsi

Finnish

French

Frisian

German

Greek

Hawaiian

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Manx

Norwegian

Papiamen

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Thai

Turkish

Ukrainian

Vietnamese

Misspellings: Directory

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Directory"

Anagrams: Directory

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

INDEX

Photos:
Directory

Illustrations:
Directory

Computer Images:
Directory