title: Path
text: # 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 that form a trail
     * 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
  * Positive Alternatives to Homosexuality, a coalition of anti-gay organizations
  * 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
  
  * Path (social network), a photo sharing and messaging service
  * PATH (rail system), Port Authority Trans-Hudson, serving New York and New Jersey
  * Path (Toronto), a network of underground pedestrian tunnels in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  * Golden Path (Dune), a metaphysical theme from Frank Herbert's Dune novels
  * "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
  * Path (album), by American shoegaze musician Kraus
  