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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A computer directory that is contained within another directory.

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  • noun computing A directory located inside another directory.

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  • noun (computer science) a directory that is listed in another directory

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sub- +‎ directory

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