An item in the server's Directory Entry Table (DET), which points to the first of the disk blocks used to store a file or directory. The directory entry also provides information about the file or directory, such as the name, creation date and time, size, and so on. Each directory, DOS file, and trustee list on the network uses up one directory entry. Each Macintosh file or directory takes up two directory entries. If you run out of directory entries on your disk, no one will be able to create a new file or directory.

a data structure that describes the characteristics of a file or directory, beginning with a length octet describing the size of the entire entry

a directory, file or volume label

a file with a name ending in the "

a link between an i-number that represents a physical file and a filename

a single item in a directory, identifying a single external file (including directories and special files)

File entry displayed by the DIR command. Sometimes this term refers to a physical directory element.

Holds information about a file or a directory owned by the directory that contains the entry.