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<p>In a <a href="page.php?w=Computing">computer</a> <a href="page.php?w=file_system">file system</a>, and primarily used in the <a href="page.php?w=Unix">Unix</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Unix-like">Unix-like</a> <a href="page.php?w=operating_system">operating system</a>s, the <b>root directory</b> is the first or top-most <a href="page.php?w=Directory_%28computing%29">directory</a> in a hierarchy.  It can be likened to the trunk of a <a href="page.php?w=Tree_%28abstract_data_type%29">tree</a>, as the starting point where all branches originate from.</p><p>
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