home directory

noun

A directory that contains a user's files.

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

Meanings

nounhome directory (plural home directories)

plural home directories

  1. computingA directory that contains a user's files.

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

Translations

Dutch persoonlijke map
  • persoonlijke mapa directory that contains a user's files
Finnish kotihakemisto
  • kotihakemistoa directory that contains a user's files
German Benutzerverzeichnis, persönlicher Ordner
  • Benutzerverzeichnisa directory that contains a user's files
  • persönlicher Ordnera directory that contains a user's files
Hungarian kezdőkönyvtár
  • kezdőkönyvtára directory that contains a user's files
Polish katalog domowy
  • katalog domowya directory that contains a user's files
Portuguese diretório de usuário, pasta de usuário
  • diretório de usuárioa directory that contains a user's files
  • pasta de usuárioa directory that contains a user's files
  • diretório de utilizadora directory that contains a user's files
  • pasta de utilizadora directory that contains a user's files
Russian дома́шний катало́г
  • дома́шний катало́г (domášnij katalóg)a directory that contains a user's files
Spanish carpeta de usuario
  • carpeta de usuarioa directory that contains a user's files
Swedish hemkatalog
  • hemkataloga directory that contains a user's files
Ukrainian дома́шній катало́г
  • дома́шній катало́г (domášnij katalóh)a directory that contains a user's files
Cite this entry
APA

home directory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20directory

MLA

“home directory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20directory. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “home directory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20directory.

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