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Repository vs Directory - What's the difference?

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In computing terms the difference between repository and directory

is that repository is a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system while directory is a virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.

As nouns the difference between repository and directory

is that repository is a location for storage, often for safety or preservation while directory is a list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.

As an adjective directory is

containing directions; instructing; directorial.

repository

English

(wikipedia repository)

Noun

(repositories)
  • a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • # (computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system
  • a burial vault
  • a person to whom a secret is entrusted

    • Synonyms

    * (location for storage) depository, archive

    Related terms

    * reposit

    directory

    English

    (wikipedia directory)

    Noun

    (directories)
  • A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
  • (computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
  • (computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.

    • Synonyms

    * (structured listing)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Containing directions; instructing; directorial.