/var/

The /var/ directory can be found in the root directory.

= /var/ in Ubuntu 7.04 = It contains 11 folders:
 * /backups/
 * /cache/
 * The /cache/apt/archives/ directory contains the (.deb) packages that the program synaptic downloads to the computer.
 * /crash/
 * /games/
 * /lib/
 * /local/
 * /lock/
 * /log/
 * /mail/
 * /opt/
 * /run/
 * /spool/
 * /tmp/