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Revision as of 05:34, 3 December 2009
In computing, a directory or folder is an entity in a file system, which contains a group of files and/or other directories or folders. A typical file system] may contain thousands (or even hundreds of thousands) of directories or folders. Files are kept organized by storing related files in the same directory or folder. A directory contained inside another directory is called a subdirectory of that directory. Together, the directories form a hierarchy or tree structure.