Also known as the full path, the absolute path is a path that contains the root directory and all other sub directories required to get into the directory you're currently in or wish to get to. Below is a basic example of a generic path and an absolute path. Absolute path:
/home/users/c/computerhope/public_html/cgi-bin Non absolute path (relative path):
public_html/cgi-bin As can be seen from the above example, the absolute path contains the full path instead of a few directories contained within the absolute path. Below are some additional examples. Example 2 Absolute path:
C:\Windows\calc.exe Non absolute path (relative path):
calc.exe Example 3
Absolute path:
http://www.computerhope.com/oh.htm Non absolute path (relative path):
oh.htm Also see: Path, Relative path | 
