folderol

n 1: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: {rubbish}, {tripe}, {trumpery},

{trash}, {wish-wash}, {applesauce}]

2: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: {falderal}, {frills},

{gimcrackery}, {gimcracks}, {nonsense}, {trumpery}]

folder

A {directory} in the sense of a collection

of computer {files}. The term is more common in systems such

as the {Macintosh} or {Windows 95} which have a {graphical

user interface} and provide a graphical {file browser} in

which directories are traditionally depicted as folders (like

small briefcases).

(1997-03-20)