Path

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(1) [network analysis] The connecting lines, arcs, or edges that join an origin to a destination.

(2) [computing] In computing, the location of a computer file, given as the drive, directories, subdirectories, and file name, in that order.

(3) [data models] In ArcGIS software, a geometric element from which polylines and polygons are constructed. A path is a sequence of connected, nonintersecting segments, with no two segments having the same start point or the same endpoint

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Source: esri,06 July 2012 08:59:26 , http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation