A division in the way that a computer organizes information The drawer of a file cabinet is analogous to a directory; it is a space where one keeps folders In this analogy, each of these folders would be a subdirectory Subdirectories contain many different files (and sometimes other subdirectories); for instance, if you had a directory on you computer called "teaching documents," it might contain subdirectories like "lecture notes," "class lists," or "handouts " Within the subdirectory, "lecture notes," you might have files for each day of class that contain your detailed notes Directories contain subdirectories, and subdirectories contain files
A directory contained within another directory (sometimes called the parent directory) In graphical user interface applications, this may be called a subfolder
A directory within a directory, used to further organize files For example, a JUNKFOOD directory might contain subdirectories for CHIPS, PEANUTS, and PRETZELS (A CELERY subdirectory would be empty ) In Windows 98, a subdirectory is a folder that's inside another folder
An area on a hard disk that contains a related set of files; on IBM PC or compatibles, a level below another directory On Macintoshes, subdirectories are referred to as folders
A directory that is located within another directory Because the root directory is at the top, every directory except the root directory is a subdirectory
A directory located within another directory (called the Parent directory) The ROOT directory (C: \>, A: \>, or B: \>) is the only directory which is not also a subdirectory