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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The worst naming is calling directories as folders. They will always be directories.
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Semantically "folders" is more correct. A folder as part of its internal structure has a directory of the files in it. The hanging things in a file cabinet drawer have a name tag and then a bunch of files inside, sometimes even a nested non-hanging folder.
I think you are almost on your own on the directories vs folders naming. Most people accept either naming.
About 30 years ago I taught IT to people learning to be secretaries and also on site to existing computer users. They only understood computer filing when I explained it with reference to filing cabinets and folders, because to all of them a "directory" is a list of things, like phone numbers, or kinds of companies. You can get a "directory listing" with
dir (
ls in Linux, UNIX, BSD etc) of the folder you are currently "in".