A textual representation of the location of a folder within a computer’s file system. It describes the hierarchy of folders (also known as directories) that must be traversed to locate the target folder.
Folder paths can be absolute (starting from the root directory, e.g., C:\Users\Documents) or relative (starting from the current directory, e.g., ..\Documents). They often use specific separators depending on the operating system, such as backslashes (\) for Windows or forward slashes (/) for Linux and macOS.
Paths help systems and users accurately access files and directories within the file structure.