1. A bang path or explicitly routed {Internet address}a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines.2. pathname.3. The list of directories the kernel (under Unix) or the command interpreter (under MS-DOS) searches for executables.It is stored as part of the environment in both operating systems.Other, similar constructs abound under Unixthe Cpreprocessor, for example, uses such a search path to locate "#include" files.[Jargon File](1996-11-21)