Web applications consist of directories and files. When you create a Web site, the site contains a root application. Part of the root application is the path of a directory that contains the content that the Web server returns in responses to requests.

There are two types of directories: physical and virtual. A physical directory is a directory that is located in the physical file system of a computer, and it can contain files and additional directories. A virtual directory is a directory name that you specify in IIS and map to a physical directory on a local or remote server. You can use virtual directories to include content in your application without having to move or copy files to the application's directory.

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