An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.
Count, tally.
To collect a census.
To conduct a census on.
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
Containing directions; instructing; directorial.