Folding

Fold or folding may refer to:

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In science:

• Fold (geology)
• Fold coverage term used for the quality of a DNA sequence.
• Folding (chemistry), the process by which a molecule assumes its shape or conformation
  • Protein folding, the physical process by which a polypeptide folds into its characteristic and functional three-dimensional structure
  • Folding@home, distributed-computing project for calculating protein folding
• Folding (signal processing), an aspect of aliasing

In computing:

• Fold (higher-order function), type of programming operation on data structures
• Folding editor, a text editor which supports text folding or code folding, a mechanism allowing the user to hide and reveal blocks of text.

in other uses,

• Fold (poker), in the game of poker, to discard one's hand and forfeit interest in the current pot
• Skin fold
• Paper folding
• Polygon folding, Polyhedron folding
• Book folding in book production
• Fold (album), the debut release by Australian rock band Epicure

See also

• Folder (disambiguation)

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