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temporary folderIn computing, a temporary folder or temporary directory is a directory used to hold temporary files.
tmpfstmpfs (short for Temporary File System) is a temporary file storage paradigm implemented in many Unix-like operating systems.
home directorynoun(computing) A directory that contains a user's files.
mkdirThe mkdir (make directory) command in the Unix, DOS, DR FlexOS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows, and ReactOS operating systems is used to make a new directory.
chrootverb(computing, Unix) To change the apparent root directory for a running process, affecting whether or not it can access certain files etc.
directory structureIn computing, a directory structure is the way an operating system arranges files that are accessible to the user.
root directoryIn a computer file system, and primarily used in the Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the root directory is the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy.
fstabfstab (after file systems table) is a system file commonly found in the directory /etc on Unix and Unix-like computer systems.
directorynoun(computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
filesystem hierarchy standarda reference describing the conventions used for the layout of Unix-like systems.
linknounA connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
chownThe command , an abbreviation of change owner, is used on Unix and Unix-like operating systems to change the owner of file system files and directories.
unix shellA Unix shell is a command-line interpreter or shell that provides a command line user interface for Unix-like operating systems.
environment variablenoun(computing) A variable used to configure the operating system environment.
temporary fileA temporary file is a file created to store information temporarily, either for a program's intermediate use or for transfer to a permanent file when complete.
sharIn the Unix operating system, shar (from "shell archive") is an archive format created with the Unix shar utility.
file uri schemeIn programming, a file uniform resource identifier scheme is a specific format of URI, used to specifically identify a file on a host computer.
filenounA collection of papers collated and archived together.
inodenoun(computing) A data structure representing an object such as a file or a directory in a Unix (or similar) file system.
initial ramdiskIn Linux systems, initrd (initial ramdisk) is a scheme for loading a temporary root file system into memory, to be used as part of the Linux startup process.

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