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working directory

currently used hierarchical file system directory associated with a running process in an operating system
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working directory

Summary

working directory ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • working directory's subclass of is recorded as directory[2].
  • working directory's subclass of is recorded as state[3].
  • working directory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014_pk[4].
  • working directory's used by is recorded as relative path[5].
  • working directory's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 180374434[6].
  • working directory's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/current-working-directory[7].
  • working directory's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as mathematics/working-directory[8].
  • working directory's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/working-directory[9].
  • working directory's characteristic of is recorded as process[10].

Why It Matters

working directory ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

state

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). working directory. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/working-directory
MLA “working directory.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/working-directory.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_working-directory_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{working directory}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/working-directory}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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