Parent directory
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In computing, the parent directory of a given directory A is the directory B in which A is located. In A's absolute path, B is the predecessor of A.
In most computer file systems, every directory has an entry (usually named ..) which points to its parent directory.
The Root directory is its own parent directory.
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