Path

A path is a route for physical travel – see Trail.

Path or PATH may also refer to:

Physical paths of different types

• Bicycle path
• Bridle path, used by people on horseback
• Course (navigation), the intended path of a vehicle
• Desire path, created by human or animal foot traffic
• Footpath, intended for use only by pedestrians
• Shared-use path, intended for multiple modes such as walking, bicycling, in-line skating or others
• Sidewalk, a paved path along the side of a road
• Hoggin, a buff-coloured gravel & clay pathway often seen in gardens of Stately Homes, Parks etc.
• Trail, an unpaved lane or road

Mathematics, physics, and computing

• Path (computing), in file systems, the human-readable address of a resource
  • PATH (variable), in computing, a way to specify a list of directories containing executable programs
• Path (graph theory), a sequence of edges of a graph
  • st-connectivity problem, sometimes known as the "path problem"
• Path (topology), a continuous function
• Path (geometry), a curve
• Path, a name for the vectors in vector graphics
  • Clipping path, in digital image processing
• Path (physics), a trajectory

Organizations

• PATH (global health organization), an international nonprofit organization in Seattle
• Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways, a research organization operated by the University of California
• PATH Foundation, a trail-building organization in Georgia, USA
• People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets, a minor political party in Tower Hamlets, London
• Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship, a non-profit organization that promotes the benefits equine-assisted therapies
• Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, American formula grant program

Other uses

• Golden Path (Dune), a metaphysical theme from Frank Herbert's Dune novels
• Path (album), by American shoegaze musician Kraus
• PATH (rail system), Port Authority Trans-Hudson, serving New York and New Jersey
• Path (social network), a photo sharing and messaging service
• Path (Toronto), a network of underground pedestrian tunnels in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• PATH is an acronym that stands for Philosophy Anthropology Theater History (in contraposition to STEM)
• "Path Vol. 1 & 2", a 2000 single by Apocalyptica
• Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline, a proposed electrical line
• Train path, infrastructure capacity needed to run a train between two places over a given time-period

See also

• Control flow path, a possible execution sequence in a computer program
• Footpath (disambiguation)
• Pathé
• Pathway (disambiguation)
• Road (disambiguation)
• Route (disambiguation)
• The Path (disambiguation)
• Track (disambiguation)
• Trail (disambiguation)