directory

From Middle English directorie, from Medieval Latin directorium.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/, /daɪˈɹɛktəɹi/

• Audio (RP)

  (file)

directory (plural directories)

A typical icon of a directory (3)

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

   look up an address in the directory

2. (computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
3. (computing) 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.

• (virtual container): folder

directory (not comparable)

1. Containing directions; instructing; directorial.