path
1. A {bang path} or explicitly routed {Internet
address}; a node-by-node specification of a link between two
machines.
2. {pathname}.
3. The list of directories the kernel
(under {Unix}) or the command interpreter (under {MS-DOS})
searches for {executables}. It is stored as part of the
{environment} in both operating systems.
Other, similar constructs abound under Unix; the {C}
{preprocessor}, for example, uses such a search path to locate
"#include" files.
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-11-21)