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Autor: Steve Litt
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Para: dng
Assunto: Re: [DNG] terminology
On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:19:12 -0700
spiralofhope <spiralofhope@???> wrote:

> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400
> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>
> > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> > for something which might be a file or a directory?
>
> Perhaps something like inode?


Inode is a number used to locate a file or directory, so it's the wrong
word for this purpose. I'd suggest either "file or directory", or to
coin your own word (filerectory?).

I coined the word wmde to stand for "Window manager or desktop
environment", because in many cases you can use either to fulfill the
same basic purpose.

SteveT

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