For what it’s worth, they’re referred to as directories by command prompt and PowerShell (effectively the new Windows command prompt) tools as Windows as well.
Honestly, yeah. The filesystem’s address table is more analogous to a ‘directory’. You don’t really put things in a directory – a directory tells you where to find things that are located outside of it.
For what it’s worth, they’re referred to as directories by command prompt and PowerShell (effectively the new Windows command prompt) tools as Windows as well.
And always had been in DOS before Windows.
Folder is just an easier concept for the average person to grok, so I say folder to them.
Yep, DOS uses the dir command to list directory contents.
It’s two fewer syllables and a more straightforward analogy. It’s just a better name
Honestly, yeah. The filesystem’s address table is more analogous to a ‘directory’. You don’t really put things in a directory – a directory tells you where to find things that are located outside of it.