Definitions for "Class path"
A list of directories or jar files (c.f.) that the Java run time library searches to find all the files it needs to run a Java application.
When running a program in VisualAge for Java, a list of directories and JAR files that contain resource files or Java classes that a program can load dynamically at run time. A program's class path is set in its Properties notebook.
a list of directories or zip files to search for class files