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Questions related to path in networking, file system and OS.

  1. Networking: A bang path or explicitly routed Internet address; a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines.

  2. File system: A pathname.

  3. Operating System: The list of directories the kernel (under Ubuntu/Linux/Unix) searches for executables. It is stored as part of the ॒environment_ in both operating systems.