What is path in computer language?

Answer 1

Is the sequence of folders or directories you should open to find a file. It usually includes also the name of the file being refered to.

For example, the path "C:\Users\Bill\Videos\happymorning.mpg" is a path referring to a file whose name is "happymorning.mpg" and

which can be found in the folder "Videos"

which can be found in the folder "Bill"

which can be found in the folder "Users"

which can be found in the drive "C:"

It's very much like a full postal address, like "St. Paul's Street, 50. Mountain View, California, United States". But refers to a file in a computer, instead of a place with a mailing box.

Answer 2

There are two types of paths in the computer language, absolute paths and relative paths. An absolute path is a path that points to the same location no matter the directory. A relative path is relative to the working directory.

Answer 3

A path is the absolute or relative "address" location on the disk according to the file system on the disk.