I use both interchangeably

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adarza 6 points 2 days ago

i do this every now and then because i work on windows. at least a linux audience would know what you mean. you might be surprised at how many windows users wouldn't have clue what a 'directory' is until you tell them "it's a folder", while trying very, very hard not to add "..dumbass" at the end.

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SpacePanda 5 points 2 days ago

Windows techs dont always understand when you use the term tree I am getting old so maybe thats part of it.

end users are just that, users. I dont expect them to know anything outside of exactly what they need to.

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PriorityMotif 4 points 2 days ago

Actually if you can't manufactur your own CPU then you have no business using a computer.

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OwOarchist 2 points 2 days ago

I built a 4-bit adder circuit out of roller coasters in Roller Coaster Tycoon once. Does that count?

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artwork 4 points 2 days ago

Nice! Harry Potter Universe... <3

Though, while "folder" might be popularized by Windows OS (or Xerox; or Apple), it still is alright to address something abstract (high-level), where the actual destination is unknown or may be anything, including a directory at remote server (e.g., mounted via SSH), or alias to another destination etc.
"Directory" - something definite (low-level) as a direct RAID array item or physical storage file-system element, I believe.

In fact, Microsoft Windows 95 borrowed many UI design ideas from Apple. And Apple in turn borrowed them from Xerox. Both the name "folder" and the visual metaphor of folders were part of the Xerox Star office environment in 1982.

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antonim 2 points 2 days ago

Why did the two different names appear anyway?

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LordKitsuna 2 points 2 days ago

I've been using Linux exclusively other then if forced at work for like 10 years. The only time i call it a directory is when using cli. If it's gui it's a folder

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