Instruction given by management that usually relates to agency policies and/or procedures.

See compiler directive.

a line that is not a Fortran statement, but is recognized and acted on by the compiler

an instruction or gu

an order or instruction, especially one issued by a central authority

a structured comment that has a special meaning to a particular compiler, but is treated as a comment (i

Structure having the functor :- and arity 1. A directive is evaluated when Prolog text is read in.

An instruction given by the Grantor as to what is to be done, such as “I direct my trustee to pay my surviving spouse $35,000 a year indexed for inflation.” For “Health Care Directive”, see “Living Will”.

An instruction that controls the assembler's state.

An instruction pursuant to a project objective. [D02665] RMW

A formal instruction issued by the E.E.C, to its member states requiring each state to align its law in the matters indicated in the directive.

An instruction directing LSM to take special actions on a given set of files.

A directive is an instruction to a programming language compiler about how to compile a program. Rather than providing code per se, a programmer uses a directive to modify how or even if code is compiled.

a command for make to do something special while reading the makefile

a command of some kind

a command that a client sends to a server to set a control parameter for the session, get the meta-information (class definitions and SOA information) about an authority area, or get the data in an authority area

a command, which tells doctors/care workers specific treatments and other care, which you do not want to receive, in exactly the same way as you might refuse to consent to a treatment

a non-sql command that dbsql can execute, with or without the terminating semicolon

a simple statement such as "Keep your wrist straight

a SQL command that tells the parser to do something

a written statement that officially prescribes or establishes policy, methods, or procedures

a processing instruction in the Application Broker configuration file. Each Application Broker directive contains a keyword and a value. a processing command or instruction in an htmSQL input file.

A configuration command that controls one or more aspects of a program's behavior.

An oral order given by a commander to direct or cause a subordinate leader or lead element to take action.

The term directive is used to refer to a statement or a record within a Resource in a configuration file that defines one specific thing. For example, the Name directive defines the name of the Resource.

A statement that is used in the configuration file for a Web server to define a particular setting for the server.

Apache processes Configuration Directives while reading the configuration files during start-up or during request processing.

A control statement that directs the operation of a feature and is recognized by a preprocessor or other tool. See statement.

A statement used in the Internet Connection Secure Server configuration file to define a particular setting for the server.

A configuration command that controls one or more aspects of Apache's behavior. Directives are placed in the → Configuration File See: Directive Index

an agreement that is binding upon all Member States for which it is intended

a piece of European legislation addressed to Member States

a set of rules that all Member States must implement in their national legislation

European legislation published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. European Directives have no force in law until they have been enacted through member-state legislation.

A decision by the Council of Ministers that must be incorporated into national legislation by all member states within an agreed time limit (usually two or three years).

A measure binding on the member states of the EU.

A directive is a legal instrument requiring Member States to amend or adopt national legislation in order to achieve certain objectives by a specified deadline. It allows national authorities the choice of form and methods used to attain the objectives.

A Directive is binding as to the result to be achieved, but allows the individual Member States to choose how, often leaving a degree of latitude to accommodate national conventions. A Directive must be based on a Treaty Article, and will normally set a deadline by which the national legislatures must transpose it into national law. If a Directive is not transposed into national law within the deadline, it can confer rights on individuals and take precedence over any conflicting national law.

In contrast to a regulation, a directive only obliges the member states only concerning the goal which they have to implement in a given period of time. An example is the deliberate release directive. How the national law is implemented in detail, lies in the responsibility of the indiviual member state. Thereby directives are vulnerable for erosion on the national level. However, a state that doesn't implement a directive properly can be sued at the European Court of Justice. In addition, if a state does not implement a directive in time, she can be hold accountable for damages to companies and individuals.

Specific actions to be taken and directions to be followed in implementing a policy. Adherence to directives is mandatory for users.