Folder

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Folder \Fold"er\, n.
     One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike
     instrument used for folding paper.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  folder
       n 1: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: {booklet}, {brochure},
             {leaflet}, {pamphlet}]
       2: covering that is folded over to protect the contents

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "folder":
     book end, book support, book table, book tray, book truck,
     bookcase, bookholder, booklet, bookrack, bookrest, bookshelf,
     bookstack, bookstand, brochure, chapbook, circular, comic book,
     folio, leaflet, pamphlet, portfolio, revolving bookcase, stack,
     tract
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  folder
       
           A {directory} in the sense of a collection
          of computer {files}.  The term is more common in systems such
          as the {Macintosh} or {Windows 95} which have a {graphical
          user interface} and provide a graphical {file browser} in
          which directories are traditionally depicted as folders (like
          small briefcases).
       
          (1997-03-20)