You can CD (change directory) at the command line (aka console) but you can't CF (change folder). 😁
I think Directory is just an older term used at command line and then when GUIs came along people saw the yellow folder and started calling them folders.
I understand directory to be a technical term for a concept of the file system, strictly related to inodes. Folders are a more general topic, including folders in the Registry or when viewing the old control panel from Explorer.
You can CD (change directory) at the command line (aka console) but you can't CF (change folder). 😁
I think Directory is just an older term used at command line and then when GUIs came along people saw the yellow folder and started calling them folders.
Nothing more than that really.
I understand directory to be a technical term for a concept of the file system, strictly related to inodes. Folders are a more general topic, including folders in the Registry or when viewing the old control panel from Explorer.
What are inodes? And what makes folders more general?
This seems like a good description: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inode?wprov=...