Microsoft started calling directories 'Folders' about the time that Windows 95 was written. People who still call them directories probably know how to use Edlin.
A directory in DOS is like a folder in Windows: a collection of files.
A "directory" in DOS is a "folder" in Windows Explorer.The terms are interchangeable, and some people call folders "directories" anyway.
The DIR or directory command is located in the system32 directory of Windows. It is an executable file that gives DOS access to a user.
Active Directory
C:\ is the name of the main hard drive for Windows C:\WINDOWS is windows' main directory
In Windows Server 2011 it is called Active Directory.
The DOS commands for creating new directories is either MKDIR or MD.
win386.swp (it resides in the Windows directory)
Root directory is the highest level directory and this is the directory that appears first on the screen when you start MS-DOS. Generally, 'C' Drive appears on the MS-DOS screen as root directory.
A directory within an existing directory is called a sub directory.
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