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Old 06-14-2023, 09:54 AM   #1493
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
For what it is worth, directories as a name for a computer file structure containing references to files and other directories including subdirectories predates the use of folders or drawers as a name by several years. The Xerox Star used a file folder icon to represent directories and it seems that almost every GUI OS since then has used a file folder icon.

I've given up on the argument much as I've given up on arguing that a PC is not necessarily using Windows as the operating system.
I will always call them directories as that's what they are.

I also won't use the term azw3 as it's KF8.
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