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Many computer commands involve moving data.
The place from which the data is moved is called the source , whereas the place it is moved to is called the destination or target . If you copy a file from one directory to another, for example, you copy it from the source directory to the destination directory. Sorry, no links for this term yet. Corp. All Rights Reserved.