We have files, we have directories; what is the noun that we could use to generically describe either of these? For instance, an apple or a pear can generically be described as fruit. Is there such a word?
Learn English – the noun for either a file or folder
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Best Answer
If you want to be technical, they're File System Objects (or "File System Entries", if you want to be pendatic and technical.)
Of course, both are mouthfuls and not any more efficient than "file or folder." Although such terms do encompass symlinks as well, which are neither files nor folders but may appear as either.