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folder

[fohl-der] Origin

fold·er

[fohl-der]
noun
1.
a person or thing that folds.
2.
a printed sheet, as a circular or timetable, folded into a number of usually pagelike sections.
3.
a folded sheet of light cardboard used to cover or hold papers, letters, etc., as in a file.
4.
Computers. directory (def. 4a).

Origin:
1545–55; fold1 + -er1
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folder (ˈfəʊldə)
 
n
1.  a binder or file for holding loose papers, etc
2.  a folded circular
3.  a machine for folding printed sheets
4.  a person or thing that folds
5.  computing another name for directory

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folder
"folding cover for loose papers," 1911, from fold (v.).
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary

folder definition


directory

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