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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

directory

The name given to a collection of files, for organisational purposes. By keeping related files in the same directory the user can select from the files he or she is working on, without being distracted by files to do with other work. Also known as a folder.

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nodefilefile listingfile namefile typefile pathfoldersubdirectoryenvironment variablesystem prompt
Term sub categories
Managing data › files and folders
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