docroot
docroot noun: a folder located on a web server which contains all of a website's pages.
Noun
docroot (plural docroots)
- A folder located on a web server which contains all of a website's pages.
- Another common use of docroots gives people private web sites on a web server. A typical convention maps URIs whose paths begin with a slash and tilde (/~) followed by a username to a private document root for that user. The private docroot is often the folder called public_html inside that user's...2002, David Gourley, Brian Totty, HTTP: The Definitive Guide, Beijing; Sebastopol, C.A.: O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 122
- Synonyms:
- webroot
Synonyms of docroot
Forms of docroot
| plural | docroots |
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Origin of docroot
Compound of doc (“document”) + root.
Questions about docroot
- What does docroot mean?
- Docroot means a folder located on a web server which contains all of a website's pages.
- What part of speech is docroot?
- Docroot is a noun.
- What is the plural of docroot?
- The plural of docroot is docroots.
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