Dir, dir, or DIR may refer to:
In computing:
- An abbreviation for directory (file systems). In Computing, a directory, catalog, folder or drawer is an entity in a File system, which contains a group of files and/or other directories
- dir (command), a shell command. In Computing, dir (directory is a command used for file and directory listing specifically in the Command line interface
- An executive director, the head of and organization or business. An executive director is the senior manager or Executive officer of an Organization, company, or Corporation.
- directory (OpenVMS command), an operating system command. In Computer software, specifically the Command line interface of the OpenVMS Operating system, the DIRECTORY command (often abbreviated
- Digital Instrumentation Recorder, a magnetic tape format by Sony. Digital Instrumentation Recorder is a Magnetic tape data storage format developed by Sony.
Other uses:
- Dir (clan), one the four major Somali clans. The Dir ( Diir, دير is a Somali clan whose members live mostly in northern southern and central Somalia, as well as Djibouti and
- Dir, a town in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP ( Urdu: śimāl maġribī sarhadī sūba) is the smallest of the four main provinces of Pakistan. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and
- Dir, a former princely state in the North-West Frontier Province, incorporated into Pakistan in 1969. Dir was a small former Princely state located in the modern North-West Frontier Province in Pakistan. The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP ( Urdu: śimāl maġribī sarhadī sūba) is the smallest of the four main provinces of Pakistan.
- Dir District in the North West Frontier Province, in 1996 split into two districts:
- Upper Dir, with its headquarters in Dir city, and
- Lower Dir, with its headquarters in Timargara. Dir is an area in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP ( Urdu: śimāl maġribī sarhadī sūba) is the smallest of the four main provinces of Pakistan. Upper Dir is one the 24 districts of North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Lower Dir is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.
- DIR diving, "Doing it right", a holistic approach to scuba diving emphasising teamwork and simple, streamlined equipment.
- Division of Intramural Research, divisions of the National Institutes of Health. A Division of Intramural Research (or DIR) is a branch of any one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH which funds Research done on NIH campuses
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