Linux - What do the common root folder names mean?

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Published on 2010-05-04T15:34:25Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 15:38 UTC
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I am rather new to linux, but I have installed a few different flavors. I noticed they all have similar folder names in the root directory

bin
boot
dev
etc
home
lib
lost+found
media
mnt
opt
proc
root
sbin
selinux
srv
sys
tmp
usr
var

I googled around, but couldn't find anywhere that explained the purpose of each of these. I understand a couple, but could anyone point me somewhere or give a quick breakdown of the common ones.

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