Virtual folder

<p>In computing, a virtual folder generally denotes an <a href="/facts/Organizing_principle/TnnAmvXq">organizing principle</a> for files that is not dependent on location in a hierarchical <a href="/facts/Directory_(file_systems)/VLtLcEXY">directory</a> tree. Instead, it consists of software that coalesces results from a data store, which may be a database or a custom index, and presents them visually in the format in which <a href="/facts/Folder_(computing)/VLtLcEXY">folder</a> views are presented. A virtual folder can be thought of as a <a href="/facts/View_(database)/6B00yj6A">view</a> that lists all files tagged with a certain <a href="/facts/Tag_(metadata)/9CfRkCpI">tag</a>, and thus a simulation of a folder whose dynamic contents can be assembled on the fly, when requested. It is related in concept to several other topics in <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a>, with names including saved search, saved query, and <a href="/facts/Filter_(software)/PKwFrEfI">filtering</a>.
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Virtual folder