Folding 363243 218069561 2008-06-09T00:43:05Z Heptite 452865 Text folding is now a redirect to [[folding editor]] '''Fold''' may refer to: {{Wiktionary|fold}} *[[Above the fold]], a graphic design concept originating in newspapers *Fold (from the [[Saxon]] "falod") meaning a staked-off pasture area (e.g. [[Sheepfold]], an enclosure for sheep) and used in place names such as the [[Fold Villages]]. *[[Catastrophe theory#Fold catastrophe]], one of the most basic objects in singularity theory. *-fold, a suffix added to a [[cardinal number]] signifying "multiplied by" *[[skin fold]] * In '''computing''': **[[Fold (higher-order function)]], a family of higher-order functions in [[functional programming|functional computer programming]] **[[Fold (Unix)]], a program in the [[GNU Core Utilities]] '''Fold''' or '''folding''' may refer to: {{Wiktionary}} *[[Betting (poker)#Fold|folding]], in poker, the act of withdrawing from a hand rather than meeting the bet *[[Paper folding]] (see also below under Mathematics) **[[origami]], the art of paper folding *[[pattern welding]], the folding of metal *[[bankruptcy]] *Folding in cooking refers to a gentle mixing technique, somewhere between a cutting motion and a stirring motion, used to incorporate ingredients into a [[batter]] or other mixture, such as for a [[cake]]. * Folding ([[Book folding]]) in the publishing process refers to the folding of the pages of the book, after printing and before binding *In '''science''': *[[fold (geology)]] * in [[computer programming]]: **[[case folding]] is a term denoting the conversion of all characters in a string to lower- or upper-case **[[code folding|code]] or text folding (as in a [[folding editor]] for folding code or text) **In [[functional language]]s [[Fold (higher-order function)|folding]] refers to processing some data structure and accumulating a result. **[[Mathematics of paper folding]] *[[folding (chemistry)]] or intramolecular self-assembly of molecules to assume a specific shape **[[protein folding]] **[[Folding@home]], a distributed computing project designed to perform computationally intensive simulations of protein folding and other molecular dynamics. * [[Aliasing#Folding]], as used in signal processing ==See also== * [[folder]] * [[door|bifold door]] {{disambig}} [[da:Fold]] [[fr:Folding]] [[simple:Folding]]