Directory may refer to: *

Directory (computing) In computing, a directory is a file system cataloging structure that contains references to other computer files, and possibly other directories. On many computers, directories are known as folders or drawers, analogy, analogous to a workbench or ...

, or folder, a file system structure in which to store computer files *

Directory (OpenVMS command) Directory may refer to: * Directory (computing), or folder, a file system structure in which to store computer files * Directory (OpenVMS command) * Directory service, a software application for organizing information about a computer network's u ...

Directory service In computing, a directory service or name service maps the names of network resources to their respective network addresses. It is a shared information infrastructure for locating, managing, administering and organizing everyday items and network ...

, a software application for organizing information about a computer network's users and resources *

Directory (political) A directorial system is a regime ruled by a college of several people who jointly exercise the powers of a head of state and/or a head of government. Current directorial systems Countries with directorial heads of state sharing ceremonial fu ...

, a system under which a country is ruled by a college of several people who jointly exercise the powers of a head of state or head of government **

French Directory The Directory (also called Directorate; ) was the system of government established by the Constitution of the Year III, French Constitution of 1795. It takes its name from the committee of 5 men vested with executive power. The Directory gov ...

, the government in revolutionary France from 1795 to 1799 ** Provisional All-Russian Government, a short-lived, anti-Communist government formed during the Russian Civil War, known as "the Directory" * Business directory, a listing of information about suppliers and manufacturers * City directory, a listing of residents, streets, businesses, organizations or institutions, giving their location in a city * Telephone directory, a book which allows telephone numbers to be found given the subscriber's name * Web directory, an organized collection of links to websites

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