Recurse
Alternatively
referred to as recursive, recurse is a term used to describe the
procedure capable of being repeated. For example, when listing files in a
Windows command prompt you can use the dir /s
command, which will recursively list all the files in the current
directory and any subdirectory.
If you were going off the example picture to the right, and use the dir command
mentioned earlier in the C:\Windows directory it would also list all the files
in the C:\Windows\System32, C:\Windows\Tasks, and C:\Windows\Web directories.
Also see: Hierarchical file system, Tree structure