Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400 - Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???>:

> There are files and directories.
>
> Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> for something which might be a file or a directory?

If you mean regular file and directory and you want something descriptive
that isn't an acronym, here below some (not too short) ideas:

data container
information container
storage space
data storage space

filesystem data container
filesystem storage space


Regards


al3xu5

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