A reverse telephonedirectory also known as a gray pages directory, criss cross directory or reverse phone lookup is a collection of telephone numbers and associated customer details. However, unlike a standard telephonedirectory , where the user uses customer s details such as name and address in order to retrieve the telephone number of that person or business, a reverse telephonedirectory allows users to search by a telephone service number in order to retrieve the customer details for that service. Reverse telephone directories are used by law enforcement and other emergency services in order to determine the origin of any request for assistance, however these systems include both publicly accessible listed and private unlisted services. As such, these directories are restricted to internal use only. Publicly accessible reverse telephone directories may be provided as part of the standard directory services from the telecommunications carrier in some countries. In other countries ... telephonedirectory of known telemarketers, debt collectors, fund raisers, and other companies which contact consumers by telephone. Users of these services can perform a search of the telephone number ... July 2001 archive of http blackpages.2600.org.au http www.NonPublished.com Reverse telephonedirectory ... to search by the telephone service details. History Printed reverse phone directories have been produced by the telephone companies in the United States for decades, and were distributed to the phone ... offering reverse telephone lookups for fees, and by the early 2000s advertising based reverse ... can pay a small fee to exclude their number from the directory. This service is usually called Your ... charge a fee for this service. United Kingdom In the United Kingdom proper, reverse directory information is not publicly available. However, in the Channel Islands it is provided in the printed telephone ... 25 May 2001 Telstra Corporation Limited v Desktop Marketing Systems Pty Ltd Category Telephone numbers ... more details
selfref For Wikipedia s directories, see Wikipedia Directory . Wiktionarypar directoryDirectory may refer to Directory file systems , or folder, a file system structure in which to store computer files Directory databases , stored information about a database Directory service , a software application for organizing information about a computer network s users and resources Directory political , a small group of influential states that is said to direct the agenda French Directory , the government in revolutionary France from 1795 to 1799 Telephonedirectory , a book which allows telephone numbers to be found given the subscriber s name Trade directory , a listing of information about suppliers and manufacturers Web directory , an organized collection of links to websites See also Director disambiguation Directorate disambiguation disambig ar als Direktorium cs Adres de Direktorium es Directorio desambiguaci n fr R pertoire ko ja pt Diret rio ru sk Direkt rium uk zh ... more details
Unref date October 2010 orphan date October 2010 A mobile directory is a collection of subscriber details of a mobile phone Mobile phone companies operators . Generally, the mobile telephony operators do not publish a mobile directory databases directory . Some third party websites offer mobile directory facility through Reverse telephonedirectory reverse search . Category Telephone numbers Category Directories Telecomm stub ... more details
Menotti operas The Telephone, or L Amour trois is an English language comic opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti , both words and music. It was written for production by the Ballet Society and was first presented on a double bill with Menotti s The Medium at the Heckscher Theater, New York City, February 18 20, 1947. The Broadway theatre Broadway production took place on May 1, 1947, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre . The Metropolitan Opera presented it once, on July 31, 1965. ref http www.ibdb.com production.asp?ID 1549 Internet Broadway Database The Telephone The Medium Production Credits Bot generated title ref Roles class wikitable Role Voice type Premiere Cast, February 18, 1947 br Conductor Jascha Zayde Lucy coloratura soprano Marilyn Cotlow Ben baritone Frank Rogier Synopsis Ben, bearing a gift, comes to visit Lucy at her apartment he wants to propose to her before he leaves on a trip. Despite his attempts to get her attention for sufficient time to ask his question, Lucy is occupied with interminable conversations on the telephone. Between her calls, when Lucy leaves the room, Ben even tries to cut the telephone cord unsuccessfully. Not wanting to miss his train, Ben leaves without asking Lucy for her hand in marriage. But Ben makes one last attempt He calls Lucy from a telephone booth outside on the street and makes his proposal. She consents, and the two join in a romantic duet over the phone line, at the end of which Lucy makes sure that Ben remembers her phone number. Recordings Film and video In 1968 a film of the opera was made for SFB ORF , in German. Anja Silja ... a performance of Francis Poulenc s La voix humaine , whose story also contains a telephone conversation. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Telephone, The Category Operas by Gian Carlo Menotti Category ... century operas Category Chamber operas de Das Telefon oder Die Liebe zu dritt es The Telephone, or L Amour trois it The Telephone, or L Amour trois pt The Telephone fi Puhelin ooppera ... more details
, or they may be very broad, supporting an arbitrary or extensible set of types. In a telephonedirectory , the nodes are names and the data items are telephone numbers. In the Domain Name System DNS the nodes are domain names and the data items are IP addresses and alias, mail server names, etc. . In a directory ...More footnotes date December 2008 A directory service is the software system that stores, organizes and provides access to information in a directory . In software engineering, a directory is a map between ... in a dictionary may have multiple definitions, in a directory, a name may be associated with multiple ... definitions, a name in a directory may have many different types of data. Directories may be very ..., including users, computers, printers and other shared resources. Many different directory ... descended from the X.500 directory service. Introduction A simple directory service called a naming ... service type of directory, a user doesn t have to remember the physical address of a network resource ... on the directory server. Information about a particular resource is stored as attributes of that object ... to Identity management . A directory service defines the Namespace computer science namespace ... entries. The directory design process normally has a set of rules that determine how network ... the directory service standards and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP the name is called ... names which make up the name of a directory entry. A directory service is a shared information infrastructure ..., which can include volumes, folders, files, printers, users, groups, devices, telephone numbers and other objects. A directory service is an important component of a Network operating system NOS Network Operating System . In the more complex cases a directory service is the central information repository for a Service Delivery Platform . For example, looking up computers using a directory service ... have very distinct meanings in the design and management of a directory service. The term ... more details
A city directory is a listing of residents, streets, businesses, organizations or institutions, giving their location in a city . Antedating telephone directories , they have been in use for centuries. Examples include Kelly s Directory and the Boston Directory . References refbegin cite journal title How Reliable is the Modern City Directory? volume 30 issue 2 pages 154 158 month June year 1986 journal Canadian Geographer author Richard Harris, Ben Moffat doi 10.1111 j.1541 0064.1986.tb01040.x cite web url http www.ancestry.com learn library article.aspx?article 4062 title City vs. Telephone Directories work Ancestry.com author George G. Morgan cite book author A. V. Williams title The Development And Growth Of City Directories publisher Kessinger Publishing location year 2009 origyear 1913 isbn 1120784077 url http books.google.com books?id 62QQAAAAYAAJ doi accessdate cite book author Florence May Hopkins title Reference Guides that Should be Known and how to Use Them Atlases City Directories Gazetteers publisher The Willard Company location year 1919 pages isbn url http books.google.com books?id SPEVAAAAIAAJ doi accessdate refend Category Directories ... more details
Multiple issues notability February 2009 unreferenced June 2009 File PigotDirectory1839Kent.jpg thumb An example page from Pigot s Directory Pigot s 1839 directory of businesses in the counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex in England. A Business directory is a website or print media listing of information which lists all businesses within some category. Businesses can be categorized by business, location, activity, or size. Business may be compiled either manually or through an automated online search software. Online yellow pages are a type of business directory as is the traditional phone book . The details provided in a business directory will vary. They may include the business name, addresses, telephone numbers, location, type of service or products the business provides, number of employees, the service region and any professional association s. Some directories include a section for user reviews, comments, and feedback. Business directories in the past would take a printed format but have recently been upgraded to websites due to the advent of the internet. Many business directories offer complimentary listings in addition to the premium options. There are many business directories and some of these have moved over to the internet and away from printed format. Whilst not being search engines, business directories often have a search facility. Online Business Directories can receive bad press, and they vary in quality and content. There is a balance between professional advertising, value for money and quality of service. Business owners are looking for ROI, web traffic, exposure for their business, plus SEO benefits of backlinks. See also Web directory Trade directory Kelly s Directory DEFAULTSORT Business Directory Category Business Category Directories ... more details
Directory Assistance services. Rate classes U.S. wireline telephone companies classify DA into four rate classes. 411 LDA &mdash Local Directory Assistance. This is where you dial 411 and request the operator ... number Telephonedirectory References Reflist External links Mark Lawson, The Guardian , 19 March ...Cleanup rewrite date May 2009 Globalize date February 2010 In telecommunications , directory assistance or directory enquiries is a phone service used to find out a specific telephone number and or address of a residence, business, or government entity. Technology Directory assistance systems incorporate ... database software to locate listings quickly. Most directory assistance systems use automated readback systems to give out the phone number. This frees the directory assistance operator to move on to another ... listing please? Interactive voice response systems have been added to many directory assistance systems ... s request is played back to a live operator, who locates the correct listing. Directory assistance ... aggregator specializing in directory listings, such as http www.lssidata.com LSSi . The data aggregator ... get their listings in the directory assiatance database using a free service such as http www.listyourself.net ... and the United States , directory assistance may be contacted by dialing 4 1 1 one of the N11 code s or to get a listing in a remote or non local area code , directory assistance is available at 1 area ... and sometimes international listings. Most telephone companies permit up to two listings per 411 ..., AT&T Illinois bills the call at 1.25 plus taxes. 411 NDA &mdash National Directory Assistance ... code 555 1212 &mdash National Directory Assistance. This example assumes you are in Oak Brook, IL ... taxes. AT&T International Directory Assistance calls are 7.95 plus taxes. Dial 00 and ask for the international directory assistance operator. See http www.consumer.att.com global english country codes.html ... and city codes. Toll free directory assistance In the U.S., directory assistance for companies with toll ... more details
Open Directory may refer to The Open Directory Project ODP , a human maintained directory of websites also known as DMOZ Apple Open Directory , an LDAP compatible directory service for Mac OS X Server The Sun Open Directory Service OpenDS project disambig ja ... more details
Kelly s Directory or more formally, the Kelly s, Post Office and Harrod & Co Directory was a trade directory in the United Kingdom that listed all businesses and tradespeople in a particular city or town, as well as a general directory of postal addresses of local gentry , landowners, charities, and other facilities. In effect, it was a Victorian version of today s Yellow Pages . ref cite web url http www.cottinghamhistory.co.uk Directories.htm title Cottingham History date accessed 11 July 2010 ref Many reference libraries still keep their copies of these directories, which are now an important source for historical research. The namesake and originator of the directory was Frederic Festus Kelly . In 1835 or 1836 he became chief inspector of letter carriers for the inland or general post office, and took over publication of the Post Office London Directory, whose copyright was in private ... the growth of London as evidenced by the Directory, for which I have to thank the house of Kelly. The first ... an Internet based product search engine. The front cover of a Kelly s Directory sometimes ... however this was based on the date of issue of the first Post Office London Directory by an earlier ... name jenorton Kellysearch Today, Kelly s exists online as Kellysearch , a directory similar to the online ... sources for this purpose. Every edition of the Kelly s Directory ever published is held in the Guildhall ... 0 pb directories.pdf Trade directories and telephone books at Guildhall Library ref in London ... Office London Directory author Jane Elizabeth Norton journal The Library The Transactions of the Bibliographical ... Office London Directory was started by two inspectors of the Inland letter carriers called Ferguson ... book title The Earliest Directory of the Book Trade first John last Pendred editor first Graham ... library s5 XXI.4.293 title The Post Office London Directory last Norton first Jane Elizabeth journal .... Williams year 1913 publisher Williams directory co. cite book title The Earliest Directory of the Book ... more details
Refimprove date January 2008 Infobox Website name Yahoo Directory logo File Yahoo Directory logo.png screenshot caption url http dir.yahoo.com dir.yahoo.com commercial type registration owner Yahoo author developer operating system launch date current status Active revenue The Yahoo Directory is a web directory that rivals the Open Directory Project in size. The directory was Yahoo s first offering. When Yahoo changed to Yahoo Search crawler based listings for its main results in October 2002, the human edited directory s significance dropped, but it was still being updated in August 2010. The Yahoo Directory offers two options for suggesting websites for possible listing Standard , which is free ref name How http help.yahoo.com l us yahoo directory listings listings 03.html How do I add my site to the Yahoo Directory? , Yahoo website, accessed January 21, 2011 ref , and a paid submission process that offers expedited review. ref https ecom.yahoo.com dir submit intro Yahoo Directory Submit , Yahoo website, accessed January 30, 2008 ref Payment is required when suggesting a commercial site. Yahoo provides both a search engine and a directory service, and the directory is searchable separately from the rest of their search engine results. While Yahoo has closed a number of country specific directories, the company has stated that it currently has no plans to close the main Yahoo Directory ref name NoPlans http searchengineland.com yahoo closes european directories us directory safe 44610 Yahoo Closes European Directories, Says US Directory Is Safe , SearchEngineLand.com, accessed August 13, 2010 ref See also List of web directories References reflist External links http dir.yahoo.com Yahoo Directory http search.yahoo.com Yahoo Crawler Search http help.yahoo.com l us yahoo directory Yahoo Directory Help https ecom.yahoo.com dir submit intro Yahoo Directory Express Yahoo Inc. Category Yahoo Search Directory Category Web directories http www.le caviste a domicile.fr id Direktori ... more details
Dablink This article deals with the term directory with respect to a computer database . The term also commonly refers to a Directory file systems folder in a computer file system . Unreferenced date April 2007 Merge Directory service date September 2009 Generally, a directory , as used in computing and telephony , refers to a digital library repository or database of information which is heavily optimized for reading, under the assumption that data updates are very rare compared to data reads. Commonly, a directory supports search and browsing in addition to simple lookups. A website which offer access to a categorized listing of other websites optimized for lookup, search, or browsing is a directory, a web directory . The Open Directory Project is an example of a web directory. Directory technology is often used in White pages white page applications and network information services. WHOIS is a prominent example of directory service providing white pages. The Domain Name System DNS is a prominent example of directory service providing a network information service. DNS is also an example of a Distributed computing distributed hierarchical directory service that only has simple lookup capabilities. The X.500 and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP directory services are examples of general purpose distributed hierarchical object oriented directory technologies. Both offer complex searching and browsing capabilities and are used for white pages, network information services, public key infrastructure , and a wide range of other applications. See also Database Directory service Reference works Web directory RSS directory DEFAULTSORT Directory Databases Category Types of databases Category Reference works ... more details
Infobox software name Directory Utility logo Image Directory Utility Logo.png screenshot caption Directory Access Services tab developer Apple Computer latest release version 2.0.1 294.1 latest release date August 5, 2009 operating system Mac OS X genre Utility license Proprietary software Proprietary website URL http www.apple.com macosx Directory Utility is a utility included with the Mac OS X operating system to configure connections to directory services . In OS X 10.6 and up, Directory Utility is in the System Library CoreServices it can be accessed through the GUI via the Accounts System Preferences panel, after clicking Join next to Network Account Server, and then clicking Open Directory Utility. ref cite web last Griffiths first Rob url https www.macworld.com article 142495 2009 08 snowleopardwhatsgonewhere.html title Snow Leopard What s gone where & 124 Mac OS X publisher Macworld date accessdate 2011 09 18 ref ref cite web author wallsbk url http hints.macworld.com article.php?story 20090928101901621 title 10.6 Use Directory Utility in Snow Leopard Mac OS X Hints publisher Hints.macworld.com date accessdate 2011 09 18 ref Prior to Mac OS X 10.5 this tool was named Directory Access. See also Apple Open Directory References reflist Mac OS X Category Mac OS X mac stub it Accesso Directory uk Directory Utility zh Directory Utility ... more details
The Boston Directory was first published in 1789 in Boston , Massachusetts . It contained a list of the merchants ..., and firemen. ref Boston Directory. 1789. ref The directory was issued annually after 1825 previously it had appeared irregularly. The number of listings in each directory reflected fluctuations in the population size of Boston. In 1789, the directory included some 1,474 listings by 1875, there were 126,769. ref Advertisement for Boston Directory. Boston Almanac, 1875. ref Image 1807 BostonDirectory ... R.L. Polk 1944 ca.1980 . ref Advertisement for Boston Directory. Boston Almanac, 1875. ref ref http ... books?id eYMSAAAAYAAJ Boston Directory . 1789. http books.google.com books?id CJFIAAAAYAAJ&client safari&pg RA1 PA215 v onepage&q &f false Boston Directory . 1796. reprint on p.215 302 http books.google.com books?id NVAMAAAAYAAJ Boston Directory . 1805. http books.google.com books?id wuI AAAAYAAJ Boston Directory . 1807. http books.google.com books?id nY4vAAAAYAAJ Boston Directory . 1823. cite book title Stimpson s Boston Directory year 1832 publisher Stimpson and Clapp location Boston ... bostondirectory01bost page n5 mode 2up Boston Directory . 1834 http www.archive.org stream bostondirectory03bost page n5 mode 2up Boston Directory . 1835 http www.archive.org stream bostondirectory02bost page n5 mode 2up Boston Directory . 1836 http books.google.com books?id E E AAAAYAAJ City Directory of Boston . 1848. http books.google.com books?id 8m PAAAAMAAJ Boston Directory . 1849. http books.google.com books?id UHDPAAAAMAAJ Boston Directory . 1850. cite book title The Boston directory for the year ... C6UqAAAAYAAJ cite book title The Boston directory for the year 1852 year 1852 publisher George Adams ... Boston Directory . 1857. http books.google.com books?id En4qAAAAYAAJ Boston Directory . 1858. http books.google.com books?id hHwqAAAAYAAJ Boston Directory . 1861. http books.google.com books?id nanVT5UYNPcC Boston Directory . 1862. http books.google.com books?id SFwJAQAAIAAJ Boston Directory ... more details
A shopping directory is a Yellow Pages Directory Style website similar to the Open Directory Project or the Yahoo Directory with focus on sites that sell products or services, usually referred to as ecommerce websites. A shopping directory is different than a shopping search engine or shopping comparison site. Business models Charging a one time and or recurring listing review fee Use of affiliate marketing affiliate programs of the listed ecommerce sites to earn commissions on referrals Advertising in the directory itself, such as banner ads , contextual advertising contextual ads like Google AdSense or some form of sponsored listings usually pay per click based a combination of the above There are free directories that are updated by volunteers, but they are more the exception than the norm on the Internet today. Category Web directories Category World Wide Web www stub ... more details
Infobox Software name Apache Directory Server logo screenshot caption developer Apache Software Foundation status Active latest release version 1.5.7 latest release date release date 2010 04 24 latest preview version latest preview date operating system Cross platform programming language Java programming language Java genre LDAP license Apache License 2.0 website http directory.apache.org Apache Directory is an open source project of the Apache Software Foundation . Its flagship product, the Apache Directory Server, is an embeddable directory server entirely written in Java programming language Java . It was certified Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP v3 compatible by The Open Group in 2006. ref Cite web title The Apache Software Foundation Is Latest Technology Leader To Embrace LDAP Standard And Achieve Open Group Certification url http opengroup.org comm press 11oct06.html publisher The Open Directory date 11 October 2006 accessdate 30 June 2009 ref ref Cite web title What Apache Directory Server is url http directory.apache.org apacheds 1.0 11 what apache directory server is.html accessdate 30 June 2009 quote Please note that the server has been successfully certified by the Open ... as well, and a Kerberos protocol Kerberos server. ref Cite web title What Apache Directory Server is url http directory.apache.org apacheds 1.0 11 what apache directory server is.html accessdate ... an Eclipse based directory tool called Apache Directory Studio . It includes an LDAP browser editor, a schema browser, an LDAP Data Interchange Format LDIF editor, a Directory Service Markup Language ... links http directory.apache.org Apache Directory Server http directory.apache.org studio Apache Directory Studio References references apache Category Apache Software Foundation Directory Category Directory services de Apache Directory fr Apache Directory Server pt Apache Directory Server hu Apache Directory Server ... more details
for other uses Root disambiguation In computing computer file system s, the root directory is the first or top most directory file systems directory in a hierarchy. It can be likened to the root of a tree ... cabinet is in, may be represented as the root directory. That is, the other directories may be inside it, but the root directory cannot go in any other directories, at least in that file system. In most operating system s, Computer file files can be placed inside the root directory, as well in its ... entirely, and in Unix and Unix like systems, the root directory is denoted code code . Though the root directory is conventionally referred to as code code , the directory entry itself has no name its name is the empty part before the initial directory separator character code code . All filesystem ... C code for a particular partition C and there is no common root directory above that. DOS, OS 2, and Windows do support more abstract hierarchies, with partitions mountable within a directory of another ..., it is also possible to refer to a root directory containing all mounted drives, although it cannot .... In UNIX like operating systems, each Process computing process has its own idea of what the root directory is. For most processes this is the same as the system s actual root directory, but it can be changed ... es, there is also a directory which is named tt root tt . Confusingly, it is not a root directory in the sense of this article, but rather the home directory of the Superuser conventionally known as root . VMS In the OpenVMS VMS operating system, the term root directory is used to refer to the directory in which all the user s files are stored, which is what Unix calls the home directory . The equivalent of a MSDOS per disk root directory in VMS is referred to as a Master File Directory and is specified as tt 000000 tt See also Filesystem Hierarchy Standard FHS Home directory Parent directory Working directory External links http www.linfo.org root directory.html Root Directory Definition by The Linux ... more details
Adelskalender lang de Directory of Nobility is a comprehensive directory of the nobility of a country or area. The best known such directory is the German Almanach de Gotha The Gotha and its successor, the Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels . Category Biographical dictionaries Category European nobility Category Genealogy publications Category Directories ref book stub cs Adelskalender da Adelskalenderen p sk jter de Adelskalender nl Adelskalender no Adelskalender fi Aateliskalenteri sv Adelskalender ... more details
Infobox publisher image parent status founded 2004 founder Bill Romney successor country United States headquarters Las Vegas Valley Las Vegas , Nevada distribution keypeople publications Book s topics genre imprints revenue numemployees nasdaq url URL http www.foxdirectory.com Fox Directory is a human reviewed directory offering to provide a directory of quality portals for U.S. job hunters to find employment in America. Created by a group of a former assistants of Seth Godin and the Open Directory Project volunteers, Fox Directory was born of the desire to provide useful results for a community of job seekers where anyone interested can join in. Launched on October 01, 2004, Fox Directory has grown into a big directory with a large editor list. ref http www.prweb.com releases 2004 10 prweb170883.htm Original PRWeb Editorial Review ref The site was re launched in March 2012 following a substantive site rebuild that recreated a more accessible back end to enable the website directory to be indexed by Bing search engine spiders. Website listings can be paid for by website owners, with a 10 year expiry or listings can also be added by volunteer editors. See also List of web directories References reflist External links http www.foxdirectory.com Fox Directory http www.bookpublisherblog.com 2012 04 fox directory a new human edited directory with ebook proposal for creating jobs in america Using Fox Directory For Evaluating Web Resources Category Web directories Category Internet properties established in 2004 Category Companies based in the Las Vegas Valley website stub ... more details
In computing , the working directory of a process computing process is a directory file systems directory of a hierarchical file system , if any, ref There are operating systems that support a hierarchical file system but have no concept of working directory for example Texas Instruments DX10 operating system DX10 , used for the TI 990 series. ref dynamically associated with each process. When the process refers to a file using a simple file name or relative path computing path as opposed to a file designated by a full path from a root directory , the reference is interpreted relative to the current working directory of the process. So for example a process with working directory tt rabbit hats tt that asks to create the file tt foo.txt tt will end up creating the file tt rabbit hats foo.txt tt . In most computer file systems, every directory has an entry usually named tt . tt which points to the directory itself. In most DOS and Unix UNIX command line interpreter command shell s, as well as in the Microsoft Windows command line interpreters cmd.exe and Windows PowerShell , the working directory can be changed by using the tt cd command cd tt or tt cd command chdir tt command computing command s. In Unix shell s, the tt pwd tt command outputs the absolute pathname of the current working directory the equivalent command in DOS and Windows is tt cd tt without parameter computer science arguments whereas in Unix, tt cd tt used without arguments takes the user back to his her home directory . The environment variable tt PWD tt in Unix Linux shells or tt CD tt in DOS Windows shells ... tt cd command chdir tt , where available, can be called by a process to set its working directory. See also Home directory Root directory Parent directory References See Wikipedia Footnotes for an explanation ... wd Working Directory wd spaced ndash a software package that tracks commonly used directories in a Bash ... ko it Directory corrente ja pl Katalog bie cy ru ... more details
Refimprove date July 2009 A Home directory is a directory file systems file system directory on a multi .... The specifics of the home directory such as its name and location is defined by the operating system ... directory is intended to contain that user s files including text documents, music, pictures or videos ... in this directory, but it will only be available to users with permission to this directory. The home directory can be organized further with the use of sub directories. The content of a user s home directory is protected by file system permissions , and by default is only accessible to that user ... cases only be able to alter the files in the user s home directory, and perhaps some files belonging ... Default Home Directory per Operating System class wikitable System Path Variable Microsoft Windows ... home directory.html Home Directory Definition . Accessed on July 23, 2009 ref root home ... directory upon Logging computer security login . The tt user tt shorthand variable refers to a user s home directory allowing the user to navigate to it from anywhere else in the filesystem ... command refers to that particular user s home directory. The Unix superuser has access to all directories ... directory on older systems was tt root directory tt , but on many newer systems it is located at tt root tt Linux, BSD , or tt var root tt Mac OS X . VMS In the VMS operating system, a user s home directory is called the root directory , and the equivalent of a Unix DOS Windows AmigaOS root directory is referred to as the Master File Directory . Citation needed date July 2009 Contrast with Single user Operating Systems Single user operating systems simply have a single directory or Disk partitioning partitions for all users files, there is no individual directory setup per user though users can still setup and maintain directories inside this main working directory manually . AmigaOS versions ... a home directory which contain the files belonging to the single user of the system. Versions of Windows ... more details
Refimprove date December 2010 A trade directory is a collection of supplier s and manufacturer s. This directory includes the businesses name, address, phone number s and contact name s of key people within the organization. Trade directories can come in a variety of formats and can be focused on a particular industry , geographical region or a specific Product business product . Purpose The advantage of using a trade directory is that a purchaser can review hundreds or thousands of suppliers efficiently and in a timely manner. This is especially beneficial in commodity based industries where companies are competing on the basis of cost . Many trade directories are developed by, or in cooperation with, trade associations. However, trade directories are not necessarily comprehensive or up to date, and may omit businesses or other information. In fact, certain trade directories may only contain members or other affiliations, rather than the entire set of industry participants. An example of a trade directory is The Little Blue Book , a directory of physicians in a metro area. The book is organized by name, location, specialty and other factors, making it easier for doctors and medical offices to make referrals and contact each other. ref name The Little Blue Book cite web title The Little Blue Book url http www.tlbb.com 2011 12 accessdate 3 June 2011 ref Another example is Kelly s Directory . See also Business directory Web directory Formats of Trade Directories Trade directories can be in either hard copy or in Digital formats digital format . Ease of use and distribution means that many trade directories have digital version. ref name The Little Blue Book Resources reflist DEFAULTSORT Trade Directory Category Directories ... more details
refimprove date January 2009 A web directory or link directory is a directory databases directory on the World ... a subdirectory.htm title What is a Web Directory accessdate 2010 02 25 publisher About.com author Wendy Boswell ref A web directory is not a Web search engine search engine and does not display lists ... and subcategory. Most web directory entries are also not found by Web crawler web crawlers but by humans ... focus on restricted regions, single languages, or specialist sectors. One type of niche directory with a large number of sites in existence is the shopping directory . Shopping directories specialize ... Directory and the Open Directory Project ODP . ODP is significant due to its extensive categorization ... been many attempts to make directory development easier, such as using automated submission ... Reciprocal link a link back to the directory must be added somewhere on the submitted site in order to get listed in the directory No Reciprocal link a web directory where you will submit ... or other sections of the directory, such as the homepage. Sometimes called sponsored listing ... where the directory earns commission for referred customers from the listed websites Human edited directories A human edited directory is created and maintained by editors who add links based on the policies particular to that directory. Human edited directories are often targeted by search engine ..., including the Open Directory Project , Salehoo and World Wide Web Virtual Library , are edited by volunteers ... wiki technology, to allow broader community participation in editing the directory at the risk ... is the paid for inclusion model. This method enables the directory to offer timely inclusion for submissions ... for the submitted web site. One distinctive feature of directory submission is that it cannot be fully automated like search engine submissions. Manual directory submission is a tedious and time consuming ... of websites in the directory are ordered according to their bid amount. They are special ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2009 Notability Notability date May 2009 The Tallis Directory is the commonly used name for A comprehensive gazetteer of Gravesend with its environs being a complete guide for visitors...to which is added a general directory of Gravesend and illustrations on steel . It was written and published by John Tallis of Smithfield, London Smithfield , London , in 1839. The directory includes maps of the main streets of Gravesend, Kent Gravesend , Kent , south east England, with drawings of the buildings. It also shows the lines of projected railways to Gravesend during the period of speculation known as Railway Mania . See also Gravesend railway station History of rail transport in Great Britain Category 1839 books Category History of Kent Category Gravesend, Kent ... more details
Active Directory AD is a directory service created by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems. Server computers that run Active Directory are called domain controller s. Active Directory provides a central location for network administration and security ... domain, Active Directory verifies the password and specifies whether the user is a system administrator ... WS.10 .aspx w2k3tr ad over qbjd title Active Directory on a Windows Server 2003 Network date 13 March 2003 work Active Directory Collection publisher Microsoft accessdate 25 December 2010 ref Active Directory uses Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP versions 2 and 3, Kerberos protocol Kerberos and Domain Name System DNS . History Active Directory was previewed in 1999, released first with Windows ... Active Directory roles Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory roles Windows Server 2008 R2 , and with the release of the latter the domain controller role was renamed Active Directory Domain Services . Structure Objects An Active Directory structure is a hierarchical arrangement ... the kinds of objects that can be stored in Active Directory. The schema object lets administrators ... of Active Directory objects, deactivating or changing these objects can fundamentally change ... Cite book title Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure year 2003 publisher Microsoft Press pages 1 8&ndash 1 9 isbn 0 7356 1438 5 ref Sites A Site object in Active Directory represents ... Directory site object represents a collection of Internet Protocol IP subnets, usually constituting a physical Local Area Network LAN . ref Forests, trees, and domains The Active Directory framework that holds ... divisions in an Active Directory network. Within a deployment, objects are grouped into domains ... global catalog, directory schema, logical structure, and directory configuration. The forest represents ... in Active Directory is analogous to a directory in the file system year 2011 ref OUs can provide hierarchy ... more details
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