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minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 days agoAnd 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.
minus-squarecylinder0093@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoIt’s two fewer syllables and a more straightforward analogy. It’s just a better name
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days ago and a more straightforward analogy 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.
minus-squareDultas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoYep, DOS uses the dir command to list directory contents.
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.
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.
Yep, DOS uses the dir command to list directory contents.