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Fold or
folding may refer to:
In
science:
- Fold (geology)
The term fold is used in geology when one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, are bent or curved as a result of plastic deformation. Synsedimentary folds are those due to slumping of sedimentary material before it is lithified. Folds in rocks vary in size...
- Fold coverage term used for the quality of a DNA sequence.
- Folding (chemistry)
In chemistry folding is the process by which a molecule assumes its shape or conformation. The process can also be described as intramolecular self-assembly where the molecule is directed to form a specific shape through noncovalent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding, metal coordination,...
, the process by which a molecule assumes its shape or conformation
- Protein folding
Protein folding is the physical process by which a polypeptide folds into its characteristic and functional three-dimensional structure from random coil....
, the physical process by which a polypeptide folds into its characteristic and functional three-dimensional structure
- Folding@home
Folding@home is a distributed computing project designed to perform computationally intensive simulations of protein folding and other molecular dynamics , and to improve on the methods available to do so...
, distributed-computing project for calculating protein folding
- Folding (signal processing), an aspect of aliasing
In
computing:
- Fold (higher-order function)
In functional programming, fold, also known variously as reduce, accumulate, compress or inject, is a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure in some order and build up a return value. Typically, a fold deals with two things: a combining function and a data structure,...
, type of programming operation on data structures
- Folding editor
A folding editor is a text editor which supports text folding or code folding, a mechanism allowing the user to hide and reveal blocks of text—usually named...
, a text editor which supports text folding or code folding, a mechanism allowing the user to hide and reveal blocks of text.
in
other uses,
- Fold (poker), in the game of poker, to discard one's hand and forfeit interest in the current pot
- Skin fold
Skin folds are areas of skin where it folds. Many skin folds are distinct, heritable anatomical features, and may be used for identification of animal species, while others are non-specific and may be produced either by individual development of an organism or by arbitrary application of force to...
- Paper folding
Paper folding is the art of folding paper; it is known in many societies that use paper. In much of the West, the term origami is used synonymously with paper folding, though the term properly only refers to the art of paper folding in Japan....
- Polygon folding, Polyhedron folding
- Book folding
Book folding is the stage of the book production process in which the pages of the book are folded after printing and before binding.Until the middle 19th century, book folding was done by hand, and book folder was a trade...
in book production
- Fold (album)
Fold was the debut release by Australian rock band Epicure. It was issued on 7 August, 2000.-Track listing:# "Calm"# "Feet From Under Me"# "Johnny Venus"# "Son Shine"# "Bottom Of A Well"# "Lights Out!"# "Fly The Flag"# "Opportunity's Knocking"...
, the debut release by Australian rock band Epicure