Meaning & use
Subfolder
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A folder nested inside another folder within a computer's file system.
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She organized her photos into subfolders by year and event.
Create a subfolder inside the Projects directory for each client.
A note on using this word
The term became common with the rise of graphical file systems in the 1980s and 1990s.
Words with a similar meaning
subdirectory
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