Finder

Definitions: Finder

Finder

Noun

1. Someone who is the first to observe something.

2. Optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest.

Date "finder" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1600. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Finder

Domain	Definitions
Electrical Engineering	A selector that locates a subscriber line requesting service and connects it to the next switching stage or to common-control equipment. Source: European Union. (references)
Post & Telecom	Selector, associated with a line which connects this line, after searching, to one calling line of a group of lines. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Macintosh Finder

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Finder is the default application program run by the Macintosh operating system that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications. As such the Finder acts like the shell on other operating systems, but using a GUI. It was introduced with the very first Macintosh computer, and also existed as part of GS/OS on the Apple IIgs. It underwent a complete rewrite with Apple's switch to a UNIX-based OS in Mac OS X.

The Finder is the first program a user interacts with after booting a Mac, and as such it is responsible for the general look and feel of the machine. One should be careful though to distinguish this from being the actual GUI of the machine, which is really provided by particular services within the Mac OS; The Finder is just another application, albeit the default one.

The Finder maintains a view of the file system that is rendered using the desktop metaphor - that is, the files and folders are represented as appropriate icons, volumes are displayed on the desktop, and there is a trash can to which files can be dragged to mark them for deletion.

Finder 1.0 to 6.1

The original Finder always included a blank folder at the root level of every disk. A new blank folder would be created whenever that folder was renamed and used. Folders could not be placed inside of folders in Finder 1.0. Such functionality was not available until the Macintosh File System was replaced with Apple's Hierarchal File System in 1985, as part of Finder 4.1.

The original Finder was also the cause of much early user frustration due to slow speed of file copying, which would lead to dozens of disk-swaps on the single-drive original Macintosh. Though much of this problem could be attributed to the small amount of memory available on the 128k Macintosh, Apple attempted to address the issue with Finder 1.1 in May 1984.

There was no publicly released version of Finder 2.x or 3.x. The next version of the Finder was 4.1, which added HFS support, an "Eject" option in the File menu and several cosmetic changes to the look of the system's icons.

Early versions of the Finder would shut down whenever another program was launched, due to the single-tasking nature of the Mac OS prior to System 6. System 6 introduced the MultiFinder (Finder 6.1), which would continue to run even while other programs were running. Under System 6, the Multi-Finder was an option that could be set with a control panel whose setting took effect with the next restart.

The original Mac OS Finder featured a "universal Desktop," which showed the compilation of the contents of the invisible "Desktop Folder" on the root level of every mounted disk. This meant that files dragged from a disk to the Desktop did not always copy to the Mac's hard drive, and would often disappear when the disk in question was later ejected (which in the Finder was achieved by dragging the icon of the disk to the trash).

Finder 7.0 to 9.2

In 1991 Apple released System 7, a significant rewrite of their operating system. Like every other component of the OS, the Finder received a major overhaul. MultiFinder was no longer an option, but was instead always active. Finder windows were colorized, and the list view was expanded to include "disclosure triangles" which allowed the user to drill down further into the file system without opening more windows. The Finder's trash icon took on a more refined appearance, and the Labels feature premiered, which allowed the user to assign metadata labels to different files. Labeled files were colorized and the system's search function could locate files based on their labels.

A "Put Away" command premiered in System 7 which allowed users to drag icons from anywhere on their computer to the Desktop, use the file from the Desktop, and then scoot the file back to its original location with a single command. However, such a feature was somewhat unnecessary, since Finder 7.0 also unveiled an "alias" functionality which allowed files to be represented in multiple locations by simple pointer files. The Put Away command could also be used as an alternate means to eject mounted floppy disks and CD-ROMs.

Though the Macintosh System itself would undergo major changes in the intervening years, the Finder remained relatively unchanged until the release of Mac OS 8 in 1997. Finder 8.0 was the first version to be multithreaded. For the first time copying a file or emptying the trash did not block other uses of the Finder. Like the rest of the system, Finder 8.0 took on a metallic "Platinum" appearance. It also features several new features, including Pop Up windows, which appeared as tabs on the bottom of the Mac's screen until clicked on, at which point they displayed their contents. Spring-loaded folders were also introduced in Finder 8.0, which allowed a user to drag and drop files deep into the system's folder hierarchy with a simple drill-down mechanism.

Finder 8.1, released in early 1998, introduced support for the more efficient HFS+ file system, and was the last major update to the classic Mac OS Finder.

Finder 10.0 to 10.2.1

The Mac OS X Finder was not an update of the previous Finder, but was instead based upon the file manager from the NextStep operating system. As such, it was a major departure from the original Finder and was poorly received by many longtime Macintosh users.

Finder 10.0 lacked many features found in it's Classic predecessor. The universal Desktop was gone, replaced by a Desktop that presented only the contents of the user's own Desktop folder. Support for Labels -- and, indeed, almost any form of metadata -- was gone, as were pop up windows, desktop printers, the "Put Away" command and spring-loaded folders. In Finder 10.0 the Trash was also removed from the Desktop and was no longer part of the Finder, having instead been integrated into the system's Dock.

Finder 10.0 also eschewed the classic Finder's "spatial" orientation -- where each location on the hard drive opened in its own window, and only one window -- for a Windows 98-style browser system.

Finder 10.0 introduced a highly-customizable toolbar which could be displayed at the top of every Finder window, and the NeXT-derived Column View, which displayed the hierarchy of the file system in a series of left-to-right panes. Users were also able to determine which, if any, of the mounted disks on their system appeared on the Desktop.

Finder 10.2 reintroduced spring-loaded folders, but they did not feature all of the functions of their Finder 8.0 predecessors.

Finder 10.3

Mac OS X 10.3 introduced a significantly upgraded version of the Finder which restored several classic features while also introducing a new GUI.

Finder 10.3 took on a brushed-metal appearance similar to that of Apple's iTunes jukebox application. Users could customize both the toolbar at the top of the window, which was based off of that of Apple's Safari web browser, and an iTunes-esque panel to the left of the Finder window. Folders selected in the leftmost panel would appear as the top of the filesystem in the right hand pane of the file browser. The left hand pane also listed and allowed the ejection of mounted removable storage disks.

Finder 10.3 also integrated support for uploading and downloading to and from FTP sites from within the Finder. An optional search pane allowed for live searching of any selected folder or volume.

Labels and the ability to search by Type and Creator metadata were restored in Finder 10.3, as was an option to switch the Finder to a "spatial" mode. This spatial mode was differentiated from the standard mode by the use of an Aqua window in the place of brushed-metal and the lack of the default mode's customizable toolbars. In spatial mode, Finder 10.3 operates nearly-identically to Finder 9.2, and only opens one window per folder, and each folder in its own window.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Macintosh Finder."

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Synonyms: Finder

Synonyms: discoverer (n), spotter (n), view finder (n), viewfinder (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Finder

English words defined with "finder": depth finder, direction finder ♦ fathometer ♦ Gold finder, goniometer ♦ Position finder ♦ radio compass, Range finder ♦ sonic depth finder, stud finder, synonym finder ♦ Treasure-trove ♦ view finder ♦ water finder, word finder. (references)

Specialty definitions using "finder": A/UX, ADF, aerial spacing, antenna effect, antenna spacing, automatic direction finder, automatic direction finder letdown, AUX ♦ Bellini-Tosi direction finder ♦ CAPTAIN, FISHING VESSEL, comet finder, commercial photographer, crossed-loop direction finder with goniometer, cyclone overflow ♦ desktop manager, DF ♦ ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, END FINDER, FORMING DEPARTMENT, END FINDER, ROVING DEPARTMENT ♦ finder switch, FOOL FINDER ♦ GUN SYNCHRONIZER ♦ instrumental error ♦ Kevo ♦ Larson ledge finder, line finder, LOOSE-END FINDER, BOBBIN ♦ MacBinary, Macintosh file system, Macintosh Operating System ♦ observed bearing ♦ PHOTOGRAPHER, STILL ♦ radio direction finder, radio goniometer, radio theodolite, Robinson direction finder ♦ TUGBOAT CAPTAIN ♦ vertical effect, vortex finder. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Finder" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

German (finder, finders).

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Modern Usage: Finder

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Tre finder en kro (1955)

Der Ehrliche Finder (1911)

Wanna Be a Dino Finder (1995)

Mary Lou - The Stud Finder (1990)

Finder of Lost Loves (1984)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Finder

Domain	Title
Books	Finder (reference) Synonym Finder (reference) Winter Tree Finder (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Alloy Finder - Cd-rom (reference) Feature Finder Copiers (reference) Fulton County Folk Finder (reference) Competitive Grade Finder - Desk Edition (reference) Casbo Employee Finder (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Finder Keepers (+2 Bonus Tracks) [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Pentax Right Angle Finder A for PZ/ZX/SF/P30T/P3N/P3/M-series/LX/Super Program/Program Plus (reference) BUSHNELL 20-0002 Yardage Pro Tour Laser Range Finder (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Sonin 10075 Laser Target Range Finder (reference) Swiss Army Golf Tool with Range Finder (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Finder

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Photo Album: Finder

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	First track of sonic range finder on USS STEWART Crossed north Atlantic with sonic sounding device Made approximately 900 soundings from United States to Gibraltar.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Top instrument is omni sounder - bottom instrument is depth finder.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Figure 49. Dial of a Marconi radiogoniometer. This instrument was the reading device of a radio direction finder that would allow a ship or aircraft to home in on a radio signal and determine the direction to the transmitter.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		View of the ship's forward superstructure, looking up from the port side during her shakedown period, circa December 1942. Note: Signal flags; Mk.8 fire control radar on Mk.38 main battery gun director (at top); Mk.4 fire control radar on Mk.37 secondary battery gun director at right; radio direction finder "loop" at left.Credit: NAVY.
	Photographed circa 1924-30, while operating to support the enforcement of Prohibition laws as a unit of the U.S. Coast Guard. She was originally USS Porter (DD-59). Note what appears to be a large radio direction finder amidships.Credit: NAVY.		Photographed circa 1924-30, while operating to support the enforcement of Prohibition laws as a unit of the U.S. Coast Guard. She was originally USS Porter (DD-59). Note what appears to be a large radio direction finder amidships.Credit: NAVY.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Finder

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He carried the purse to the Commissary of Police of the quartier, as a lost article, placed by the finder at the disposition of claimants.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Finder

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Its main defense products include radar and missiles (surveillance and tracking radar for K-SAM), Fire Control System (for K-1 tank, M-48, and Naval Command and Fire Control System), Electro-Optical Devices (Night Vision, Laser Range Finder, and Thermal Imaging System) and tactical communication equipment. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Finder

"Finder" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Finder" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	58	44,427

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Finder

The following table summarizes the usage of "finder" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Finder	Last name	200	32,028
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Finder

Expressions using "finder": automatic direction finder letdown ♦ comet finder ♦ depth finder ♦ direction finder ♦ fault finder ♦ finder scope ♦ finder switch ♦ finder telescope ♦ Gold finder ♦ height finder ♦ line finder ♦ path finder ♦ position finder ♦ range finder ♦ range finder for sound ♦ reward for the finder ♦ Robinson direction finder ♦ rotating aerial direction finder ♦ sonic depth finder ♦ stud finder ♦ synonym finder ♦ view finder ♦ water finder ♦ word finder. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "finder": direction-finder, route-finder, witch-finder.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Finder

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
adult friend finder	20,793	car finder	599
people finder	14,042	auto finder	515
zip code finder	3,753	book finder	482
apartment finder	3,555	bargain finder calgary	459
email finder	2,782	hotel finder	441
friend finder	2,753	humming bird fish finder	434
address finder	2,709	adult finder	429
free people finder	2,299	finder route	419
person finder	1,770	lyrics finder	392
porn star finder	1,436	career finder	385
e mail finder	1,413	edmonton bargain finder	373
area code finder	1,399	spa finder	368
job finder	1,277	mp3 finder	360
bargain finder	1,248	adult friend finder.com	357
fish finder	1,190	adultfriend finder	347
map finder	1,057	eagle fish finder	337
pet finder	947	song finder	300
home finder	815	doctor finder	297
email address finder	711	phone number finder	288
street finder	654	roommate finder	276
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Finder

Language		Translations for "finder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		syze jashtë kamerës, gjetës. (various references)

Arabic		‏المعينة عدسة إضافية, ‏المعين تلسكوب صغير. (various references)

Bulgarian		търсач (prospector, seeker), визор, приемник (incomer, receiver, successor). (various references)

Chinese		探测器 (Detector). (various references)

Czech		nálezce. (various references)

Danish		linjesøger (finder switch, linefinder, linefinder selector, linefinder switch), liniesøger (finder switch, linefinder, linefinder selector, linefinder switch), liniefinder (line finder). (various references)

Dutch		oproepzoeker (finder switch, line finder, linefinder, linefinder selector, linefinder switch), lijnkiezer (finder switch, line finder, linefinder, linefinder selector, linefinder switch). (various references)

Finnish		tilaajanhakija (line finder), linjavalitsin (finder switch, linefinder, linefinder selector, linefinder switch), kutsunhakija (line finder). (various references)

French		tâteur, CL (finder switch), chercheur primaire d'abonné (finder switch), chercheur de ligne d'abonné (finder switch), chercheur de ligne appelante (finder switch, line finder), chercheur de ligne (finder switch, line finder), chercheur d'appel (finder switch), chercheur, bloc viseur, bloc visée. (various references)

German		finder (discoverer, finders). (various references)

Greek		κλησιθήρας (finder switch, line finder, linefinder, linefinder selector, linefinder switch), ερευνητής κλήσεων (line finder), ευρίσκων. (various references)

Hebrew		מוצא (exported, taken out), מ�'ל�" (detector, discoverer, path finder). (various references)

Hungarian		keresõ (Hunter). (various references)

Indonesian		penduga (depth finder, gauge), pencerca (caviler, critic, fault finder), pencela (critic, detractor, fault finder), pencacat (critic, fault finder). (various references)

Italian		ritrovatore, mirino (corn, gunsight, sight, view, viewfinder, view-finder), cercatore di linea (line finder), cercatore di chiamata (line finder). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ファイル分離キャラクタ (bassoon, facade, facility, FACOM, facsimile, fact, faction, factor, factoring, factory, factory automation, factory team, fagot-stitch, fagotting stitch, fascism, fascist, fax, Feynman, file separator, fine, fine ceramics, fine chemical, fine food, fine play, foul, foul line, foul tip, foundation, fuzzy, fuzzy computer, fuzzy logic). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ファインダー , ファインダ . (various references)

Korean		측� �기. (various references)

Manx		fowder (getter, recipient), feddynagh (acquisitive, beneficiary, inventive, inventor, locating). (various references)

Norwegian		søker. (various references)

Pig Latin		inderfay

Portuguese		selector de linhas (finder switch, linefinder, linefinder selector, linefinder switch), ocular (eyepiece, eye-piece, ocular, oculist), inventor (author, contriver, designer, deviser, discovert, inventor, manufacturer), determinador de linha de chamada (line finder), descobridor (discoverer, pathfinder, tracer), achar um tempo. (various references)

Romanian		gãsitor, descoperitor (discoverer, inventor), cãutãtor (Hunter, searcher, seeker), aflãtor (be found). (various references)

Russian		искатель (searcher, seeker, selector). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nalazač (object-finder). (various references)

Spanish		descubridor (discoverer), conmutador buscador (finder switch, linefinder, linefinder selector, linefinder switch), buscador de líneas (finder switch, linefinder, linefinder selector, linefinder switch), buscador de línea de llamada (line finder), buscador (finder switch, hunter, hunting switch, investigator, linefinder, linefinder selector, linefinder switch, prospector, searcher, seeker, whisker). (various references)

Swedish		sökare (line finder, probe, spotlight, view finder). (various references)

Turkish		bulan kimse (inventor, procurer). (various references)

Ukranian		шукач (bloodhound, sleuth, sweeper). (various references)

Vietnamese		người tìm ra (detector, discoverer). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Finder

Derivations
	Words beginning with "finder": finders. (additional references)
	Words ending with "finder": faultfinder, pathfinder, viewfinder. (additional references)
	Words containing "finder": faultfinders, pathfinders, viewfinders. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Finder" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fandeo, Fanderl, fanser, fenden, fenderi, fendre, fenter, fidar, fidrer, Finberg, finda, finde, finden, Findern, findi, findo, Findum, finert, finker, Finler, flinder, fuder, funder, fynde, zinder. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Finder"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "finder" (pronounced fī"nder)
4	-ī" n d er	binder, blinder, grinder, kinder, minder, Pinder, reminder.
3	-n d er	Alexander, asunder, attainder, auslander, Bander, bartender, bender, blander, blender, blonder, blunder, bookbinder, bounder, brander, bystander, calamander, calendar, candor, cinder, cofounder, commander, Condor, contender, coriander, cylinder, defender, Ender, engender, extender, Fender, flounder, fonder, founder, gander, gender, gerrymander, grander, highlander, hinder, islander, Lander, launder, lavender, lender, mainlander, meander, offender, oleander, pander, pathfinder, plunder, ponder, pounder, pretender, rejoinder, remainder, render, responder, rounder, salamander, sander, sender, Sidewinder, slander, slender, sounder, Spender, splendor, squander, Stander, sunder, surrender, suspender, tender, thunder, tinder, transponder, under, vendor, viewfinder, wander, weekender, winder, wonder, yonder, Zander.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Finder

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: friend, redfin, refind.
	Words within the letters "d-e-f-i-n-r"
	-1 letter: diner, fiend, fined, finer, fired, fried, infer.
	-2 letters: defi, deni, dine, dire, fend, fern, find, fine, fire, firn, ired, neif, nerd, nide, reif, rein, rend, ride, rife, rind.
	-3 letters: den, die, din, end, ern, fed, fen, fer, fid, fie, fin, fir, ire, red, ref, rei, rid, rif, rin.
	-4 letters: de, ed, ef, en, er.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-f-i-n-r"
	+1 letter: definer, finders, flinder, friends, fringed, redfins, refinds, refined, unfired.
	+2 letters: befriend, confider, definers, fingered, flinders, frenzied, friended, friendly, inferred, infirmed, infolder, informed, infrared, niffered, panfried, redefine, unrifled.
	+3 letters: archfiend, befriends, befringed, boyfriend, carnified, confiders, confirmed, cornfield, deferring, deforcing, deforming, defraying, denitrify, dentiform, different, differing, drawknife, firebrand, foddering, forbidden, foredoing, foundries, friending, furnished, infarcted, infielder, infolders, infracted, infrareds, infringed, ingrafted, interfold, introfied, nigrified, nitrified, pinafored, predefine, prefading, redefined, redefines, redefying, refeeding, refinding, refolding, refrained, refunding, reinfused, remindful, reunified, threadfin, unbriefed, uniformed, unrefined.
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