home directory

English

Noun

home directory (plural home directories)

1. (computing) A directory that contains a user's files.

   On Unix-like operating systems, the home directory is usually /home/<user name>.

Coordinate terms

• root

Translations

a directory that contains a user's files

• Finnish: kotihakemisto
• German: Benutzerverzeichnis n
• Hungarian: kezdőkönyvtár
• Portuguese: diretório de usuário (Brazil), pasta de usuário (Brazil), diretório de utilizador (Portugal), pasta de utilizador (Portugal)
• Russian: дома́шний катало́г m (domášnij katalóg)
• Spanish: carpeta de usuario f
• Swedish: hemkatalog (sv) c
• Ukrainian: дома́шній катало́г m (domášnij katalóh)