web directory

British

noun

computing a database of selected websites, ordered in such a way as to facilitate browsing

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Electrical engineering students Jerry Yang and David Filo created a human-edited web directory they initially dubbed "Jerry and David's guide to the World Wide Web" in January 1994.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2021

Using the Hunter.io web directory, you can easily see what the structure is for a searched company.

From Fox News • Jul. 24, 2021

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