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home directory

file system directory on a multi-user operating system containing files for a given user of the system; located at <root>\Users\<username> in Windows 7 and above; at /Users/<username> in macOS; and at /home/<username> in Linux or BSD
Class type of: directory Q818391

Facts

5 properties

Identity

Instance of
directory
More facts +4
Subclass of
directory[2]
Facet of
operating system[3]
Different from
root directory[5]
Used by
user account[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en $HOME en ~/ en ~ en %USERPROFILE% en home directory en homedir en /home ar الدليل الرئيسي ar مجلد البيت ar /home/ cs home adresář cs domovský adresář cs domácí adresář cs uživatelský adresář cs Domovský adresář de Benutzerverzeichnis de Homeverzeichnis es directorio de inicio es carpeta de usuario es carpeta personal
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/01p3dr
Gentoo Wiki article
/home
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779681224

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 1
Unix directory structure
Different from 1
root directory
Facet of 1
operating system
Instance of 1
directory
Subclass of 1
directory
Used by 1
user account
← Depicts 1
tilde
← Different from 1
root directory
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Summary

home directory is a directory[1].

Related Entities

operating system

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Alex rosenberg35 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → directory
    Subclass of → directory
    Different from → root directory
    Facet of → operating system
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Instance of: directory"
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