A container on the Mac's drive that can hold files or other folders (also known as a directory)
Refers to a place that holds multiple files It has a folder icon but is called a directory
A disk file, or the bottom level of a disk drive, that contains the names, dates, sizes, and filing system references to files and/or further folders Also commonly called a Directory
Beginning with Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 0, the term folders has been used in place of directories This is not to say that the two are identical Many times folders have special features and additional abilities For example, Control Panel, Printers, and Dial-up Networking are all special folders Even so many times people will talk about both folders and directories as if they were the same thing, because most of the time they are
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet
A folder is a named storage area on the computer containing files and other folders In a URL a single part of the path to a page For example, in http: //my web site/sample/test htm, sample/ is a folder
Just like the filing cabinet in your office or home contains file folders and each folder contains different documents or files, the computer folders hold computer files It is a very convenient and useful method of keeping your computer files organized so that when necessary you can quickly find a particular file You can put folders inside folders if you want For example, You can have a folder named "My Documents" Inside that folder, you can put two folders named "My Letters" and "My Photos" for holding your letters and photos respectively The old fashioned names for folders were Directories and for folders within folders were Sub-Directories
An area on a hard disk that contains a related set of files or alternatively, the icon that represents a directory or subdirectory
In a URL, a single part of the path to a page A folder is a named storage area on the computer containing files and other folders In http: //my web site/sample/test htm, sample/ is a folder
Same as a directory, a place for keeping related files and folders Now that Linux has gone graphical, directories look like folders and act like folders, so why not call them folders?
A catalog which organizes the names of computer files and sub-folders stored on a disk Same as directory See also: folder (Webopedia)