a path on the local file system
a path that points to the same location on one file system regardless of the working directory or combined paths
a path that starts with a '/'
a path to some sort of file or directory that starts at the root of the filesystem
a path which specifies every subdirectory of the root directory necessary to get to a file
a unique location of a file or directory name within a computer or filesystem
a way of entering the location of a file/directory, that is relative only to the root directory, not the current working directory, hence, it is an absolute 'path' the the file
A file path that begins from the root, or topmost, level of a hard drive or server.
is a path relative to the root directory, the topmost node of a hierarchical file system. Its first character must be a pathname separator, e.g., the Unix forward slash or MS-DOS backslash. absolute pathname is the full specification of a path beginning with the root directory /afs and including all directory levels the system passes through to locate the file.
aka "full path", a complete, unambiguous pathname, as opposed to a relative path. The absolute path of a local file or folder begins with a drive-letter, followed by ":\". UNC paths are another form of absolute path that is available in a networked (LAN) environment, and URL s are a kind of absolute path used in an Internet/intranet environment.
A path whose lowest order element (directory) is the root directory.
The unique location of a file or a directory within a computer, represented as the file's relation to the root directory (/).
The full path of an object that begins with the root directory.
Also known as the full path, the absolute path is a path that contains the root directory. Below is a basic example of a generic path and an absolute path. Absolute path: http://www.theesplingroup.com/glossary/index.htm Realative path: /glossary/index.htm
The complete path to a resource, independent of the location of the visited page.
A path that begins with a slash (/). It is interpreted to begin in the host's top-level directory.
Refers to path descriptions that refer to a location from the root. i.e. A path is absolute if you are referring to your image directory from your cgi-bin like this: "/home/sites/domain.com/public_html/images" or "c:\\inetpub\\domain.com\\wwwroot\\images".