Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective newspapers Situated in the upper half of the
front page of abroadsheet newspaper , and thus moreprominent , as the lower half is not usuallyvisible when the folded newspaper is displayed for sale. - adjective web design By extension, situated near the top of a
web page ; not requiringscrolling . See above the scroll. - adjective Anything similarly occupying an exclusive
position ofrelative prominence
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word above the fold.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
john commented on the word above the fold
Newspaper speak for stories that appear on the top half of the front page (or the front of a section), so that they're visible when the paper is folded. Webspeak for content that's visible on a web page without having to scroll.
September 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word above the fold
It's interesting how many of these older print terms have been picked up for computer use--even back to "cutting" and "pasting" in word processing documents. Who actually cuts and pastes anymore? And where's the fold on a web page? ;-)
September 9, 2007
oroboros commented on the word above the fold
Why, it's always at the bottom of the top of the page, silly! Rilly!
September 9, 2007
john commented on the word above the fold
You're right, I so associate cut and paste with ctrl-c and -v that I forget they're something you can do to paper.
In the early nineties some friends and I did a 'zine, and we had one issue printed with offset lithography (the rest were xeroxed). We had to make a proper pasteup for the printer, and it felt archaic even then.
September 9, 2007
seanahan commented on the word above the fold
I always associate cut and paste with highlight and middle click. I understand the use of cut, but who ever actually used paste?
September 9, 2007
john commented on the word above the fold
Ah, un*x. I just got out-geeked! It's only a matter of time before someone says we should properly be talking about 'yank', and from there it's a slippery slope until we're calling each other Nazis :-)
Uh, it feels inappropriate to be following the word Nazi with a smiley.
September 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word above the fold
Er...I used paste, seanahan. Rilly. I mean actual glue.
Yep, those were the days.
John, do you really think we've come that far in this discussion? Maybe you've been watching the Hitlery Channel too much. ;-)
September 9, 2007
john commented on the word above the fold
'Hitlery Channel', that's hysterical. Reesetee, you should wordie that!
September 10, 2007