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Path

A path is a route between two points. It may also be used metaphorically, as a philosophical route to a desired state or destination.

Path can also refer to:

• Path in hiking, often synonymous with a trail, although trail generally implies longer distances, unsurfaced ground, and natural terrain, whereas a path, particularly in an urban setting, can be much shorter, have a paved surface, and meander through landscaped areas.
• Path (graph theory), a sequence of vertices of a graph.
• Path (topology), a continuous function.
• Path (computing), in computer file systems, the general form of a complete file or directory name.
• Golden Path, a metaphysical theme from Frank Herbert's Dune novels.
• Metabolic pathway, in biochemistry, a series of chemical reactions within a cell.
• Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH), an underground electric railroad linking Manhattan, New York with locations in northern New Jersey.
• PATH (Toronto), a network of pedestrian tunnels beneath downtown Toronto in Ontario, Canada.
• PATH programming language.

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