Folder vs Envelope - What's the difference?
folder | envelope |
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.
A machine or person who folds things.
A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.
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A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship; fabric that encloses the gas-bags of an airship.
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(geometry) A mathematical curve, surface, or higher-dimensional object that is the tangent to a given family of lines, curves, surfaces, or higher-dimensional objects.
(electronics) A curve that bounds another curve or set of curves, as the modulation envelope of an amplitude-modulated carrier wave in electronics.
(music) The shape of a sound, which may be controlled by a synthesizer or sampler.
(computing) The information used for routing an email that is transmitted with the email but not part of its contents.
(biology) An enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane.
(engineering) The set of limitations within which a technological system can perform safely and effectively.
(astronomy) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; a coma.
An earthwork in the form of a single parapet or a small rampart, sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it.
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In computing terms the difference between folder and envelope
is that folder is a virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related while envelope is the information used for routing an email that is transmitted with the email but not part of its contents.As nouns the difference between folder and envelope
is that folder is an organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet while envelope is a paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.As a verb envelope is
an alternative spelling of lang=en.folder
English
(wikipedia folder)Noun
(en noun)- I keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder .
- My essays are in the folder named "Essays"
Synonyms
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English
Etymology 1
From the (etyl) enveloppe, from envelopper.Noun
(en noun)Obama's once hip brand is now tainted, passage=Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope , or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.}}
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