folder

n.

1. One that folds or is folded, such as a booklet or pamphlet made of one or more folded sheets of paper.
2. A flexible cover folded in the center and used as a holder for loose paper: a file folder; a hanging folder.

In a graphical user interface (GUI), a simulated file folder that holds data, applications and other folders. Folders were introduced on the Xerox Star, then popularized on the Macintosh and later adapted to Windows and Unix. In Unix and Linux, as well as DOS and Windows 3.1, a folder is called a "directory," and a subfolder (folder within a folder) is a "subdirectory." See Win Folder organization.

Windows Folders

Folders on the hard disk are pictured as manila file folders, but they are not fixed in size and can hold as much data as there is room on the entire disk.

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The term used by Apple for what in DOS was called a Directory. Windows 95 and later versions adopted this terminology. Programs or files are stored in folders just as one would store documents in folders in a file cabinet.

n

Usually a heavy paper envelope in which the patient’s records are kept.

IN BRIEF: A booklet or pamphlet made of one or more sheets of paper.

She brought the folder to the meeting so the others would sign the papers.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mappe

Nederlands (Dutch)
folder, map, (papier) opvouwer, opvouwbare bril

Français (French)
n. - chemise, dossier, prospectus, plioir, plieur (de journaux), (Comput) répertoire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Faltblatt, Aktenmappe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φάκελος εγγράφων (κν. ντοσιέ), διαφημιστικό φυλλάδιο, (Η/Υ) κατάλογος αρχείων

Italiano (Italian)
dépliant, classificatore, cartella

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pasta (f) (para papel)

Русский (Russian)
папка, брошюра

Español (Spanish)
n. - folleto, cuaderno de anillas, carpeta, (Comp) directorio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - samlingspärm, folder, vikare, mapp (data)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
折叠人, 折叠式书本, 折纸机

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 折疊人, 折疊式書本, 折紙機

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (컴퓨터의) 문서를 저장하는 경로, 서류철용 종이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 紙ばさみ, 折り畳み式の印刷物, 折り畳む人, 折り畳み機

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نشرة مطويه , ملف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עוטפן, תיק, עלון‬

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folder	file folder
Folder Lock	folder holder