DIRECTORY Definition & Meaning

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noun

plural

directories

a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
a board or tablet on a wall of a building listing the room and floor numbers of the occupants.
a book of directions.
Computers.��
1. Also called folder.��an organizing unit in a computer's file system for storing and locating files. In a hierarchical file system, directories can contain child directories subdirectories as well as files.
2. a description of characteristics of a particular file, as the layout of fields within each record.
French History.��the Directory, the body of five directors forming the executive power of France from 1795 to 1799.

adjective

serving to direct; directing; directive.

noun

a book, arranged alphabetically or classified by trade listing names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc, of individuals or firms
a book or manual giving directions
a book containing the rules to be observed in the forms of worship used in churches
a less common word for directorate
computing an area of a disk, Winchester disk, or floppy disk that contains the names and locations of files currently held on that disk

adjective

directing

noun

Also known as: the French Directory.��history the body of five directors in power in France from 1795 until their overthrow by Napoleon in 1799

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of directory¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin ��ī��ŧ��ō��ܳ�, noun use of Late Latin ��ī��ŧ��ō��ܲ� directorial; directory in def. 5, translation of French Directoire, from Medieval Latin, as above

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In the agency directory he is listed as a “senior data analyst” with an official department email address, which I used to reach him.

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Search the LawHelpCA.org directory to find an organization near you.

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Still, if those agencies decide to stop collecting vital data, having an archive is still useful, Selvans said, especially if there could be a centralized, accessible directory of non-governmental archives.

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Diamond didn’t have money for postage, so he walked into office buildings in downtown Los Angeles, looked through directories for the defendants and served them at their desks personally, his family said.

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You can also do a search on the Foundation for Financial Planning, which has a directory of non-profits that work with professionals that offer pro bono financial planning.

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