Folder vs Folio - What's the difference?
folder | folio |
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 leaf of a book or manuscript.
(paper) A sheet of paper once folded.
(books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
(printing) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
A page of a book.
(accounting) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.
As nouns the difference between folder and folio
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 folio is a leaf of a book or manuscript.As a verb folio is
to put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.folder
English
(wikipedia folder)Noun
(en noun)- I keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder .
- My essays are in the folder named "Essays"
