A repository of software products and a catalog organized such that the SD-UX software management commands can use it as a source. The contents of a depot reside in a directory structure with a single, common root. A depot can exist as a directory tree on a SD-UX file system or on CD-ROM media, and it can exist as a tar archive on a serial media. All depots share a single logical format, independent of the type of media on which the depot resides.
A file repository on the p4d server. It contains all versions of all files ever submitted to the server. There can be multiple depots on a single server.
repository, archive, VOB The central storage for your source code and related files. The Perforce Server manages one or more depots, which are mapped to client workspaces through the client-server network connection. The server filesystem does not need to be mounted by the client computer.