Meaning of PATH
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| | Definition: | | 1. A bang path or explicitly routed Internet address; a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines. 2. pathname. 3. The list of directories the kernel (under Unix) or the command interpreter (under MS-DOS) searches for executables. It is stored as part of the environment in both operating systems. Other, similar constructs abound under Unix; the C preprocessor, for example, uses such a search path to locate "#include" files. [Jargon File] |
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| | Related Terms: | | air lane, air line, air route, airway, alameda, approach, artery, avenue, beat, beaten path, beaten track, berm, bicycle path, boardwalk, boulevard, break, bridle path, broken circuit, catwalk, channel, circuit, circuital field, closed circuit, complete circuit, condensation trail, contrail, corridor, course, dead circuit, direction, drag, esplanade, fastwalk, flight path, foot pavement, footpath, footway, galvanic circuit, game plan, garden path, groove, highway, hiking trail, hot circuit, itinerary, lane, lateral circuit, leg, line, live circuit, loop, magnetic circuit, mall, means, method, microcircuit, multiple circuit, multiple series, orbit, parade, passage, pathway, piste, plan, prado, primrose path, printed circuit, procedure, process, promenade, public walk, road, round, route, run, runway, rut, scenario, scent, scheme, sea lane, series multiple, short, short circuit, shortcut, sidewalk, signs, spoor, strategy, street, technique, thoroughfare, tour, towing path, towpath, traces, track, trade route, trail, traject, trajectory, trajet, trottoir, vapor trail, vector field, wake, walk, walkway, way |
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