Pubic directory

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pubic directory
/pyoob´ik d@·rek´t@·ree/
Usage: n.
Etymology: New York University
Derivation: NYU


pubic directory: /pyoob´ik d@·rek´t@·ree/ n.

[NYU] (also pube directory /pyoob' d@·rek´t@·ree/) The pub (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default location for SEX (sense 1). "I'll have the source in the pube directory by Friday."

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Source: pubic directory, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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