9). In the case of K + and Cl - , the electrical and concentration gradients of molecules work against each other. K + is attracted toward the inside of a cell because of the inside-negative membrane potential, but the moleculeâs concentration gradient works in the other direction.
Directory Definition. The term directory is used in a computer software context to refer to what appears to the user to be a container or folder1 that can hold files and other directories. A file is a named collection of related data that appears to the user as a single, contiguous block of information and that is retained in storage.
In the VMS operating system, the term root directory is used to refer to the directory in which all the user's files are stored, which is what Unix calls the home directory. The equivalent of a MS-DOS per-disk root directory in VMS is referred to as a Master File Directory and is specified as [000000]