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# Public Directory

The [`public/` directory](/docs/guide/directory-structure/public) is directly served at the server root and contains public files that have to keep their names (e.g. `robots.txt`) _or_ likely won't change (e.g. `favicon.ico`).

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This is known as the [`static/` directory](https://nuxtjs.org/docs/directory-structure/static) in Nuxt 2.
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