What is the SharePoint hive?

Almost a decade ago I posted an article explaining what the 60/12 hive is.  Since then, SharePoint has undergone many new versions so I thought it was time I updated my hive article just a bit to include the three additional major releases since then.  For more information on the origination of the "hive", refer to the original article linked above.

SharePoint Version	Hive Server Disk Location
2007	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12
2010	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14
2013	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\15
2016	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\16

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