path

Noun
Synonyms: wayway of liferouteitinerarytrackcourse

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. a course of conduct“the path of virtue”“we went our separate ways”“our paths in life led us apart”“genius usually follows a revolutionary path”Synonyms: wayway of life
  2. a way especially designed for a particular use
  3. an established line of travel or accessSynonyms: routeitinerary
  4. a line or route along which something travels or moves“the hurricane demolished houses in its path”“the track of an animal”“the course of the river”Synonyms: trackcourse
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

path \path\ (p[.a]th), n.; pl. paths (p[.a][th]z). [AS. p[ae][eth], pa[eth]; akin to D. pad, G. pfad, of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. pa`tos, Skr. patha, path. [root]21.]

1.A trodden way; a footway. [1913 Webster]

The dewy paths of meadows we will tread.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action. [1913 Webster]

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.— Ps. xxv. 10.[1913 Webster]
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.— Gray.[1913 Webster]
Path \Path\ (p[.a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pathed (p[.a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Pathing.] To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one). [R.] "Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways." --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
Path \Path\, v. i. To walk or go. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

path

1.<file system> pathname.

2.<networking> A bang path or explicitly routed Internet address; a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines.

3.<operating system> The list of directories the kernel (under Unix) or the command interpreter (under MS-DOS) searches for executables. It is stored as part of the environment in both operating systems.

Other, similar constructs abound under Unix; the C preprocessor, for example, uses such a search path to locate "#include" files. [Jargon File]

(1996-11-21)

The Jargon File

path n.

1.A bang path or explicitly routed Internet address; a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines. Though these are now obsolete as a form of addressing, they still show up in diagnostics and trace headers occasionally (e.g. in NNTP headers).

2.[Unix] A filename, fully specified relative to the root directory (as opposed to relative to the current directory; the latter is sometimes called a relative path). This is also called a pathname.

3.[Unix and MS-DOS/Windows] The search path, an environment variable specifying the directories in which the shell (COMMAND.COM, under MS-DOS) should look for commands. Other, similar constructs abound under Unix (for example, the C preprocessor has a search path it uses in looking for # include files).

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