"home directory" meaning in English

See home directory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: home directories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} home directory (plural home directories)
  1. (computing) A directory that contains a user's files. Wikipedia link: home directory Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms: root Translations (a directory that contains a user's files): kotihakemisto (Finnish), Benutzerverzeichnis [neuter] (German), kezdőkönyvtár (Hungarian), diretório de usuário [Brazil] (Portuguese), pasta de usuário [Brazil] (Portuguese), diretório de utilizador [Portugal] (Portuguese), pasta de utilizador [Portugal] (Portuguese), дома́шний катало́г (domášnij katalóg) [masculine] (Russian), carpeta de usuario [feminine] (Spanish), hemkatalog [common-gender] (Swedish), дома́шній катало́г (domášnij katalóh) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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