ABOVETHEFOLD

Above the fold

Above the fold is the upper half of the front page of a newspaper where an important news story or photograph is often located. Papers are often displayed to customers folded so that only the top half of the front page is visible. Thus, an item that is "above the fold" may be one that the editors feel will entice people to buy the paper.

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above the fold

Adjective

  1. Situated in the upper half of the front page of a broadsheet newspaper, and thus more prominent, as the lower half is not usually visible when the folded newspaper is displayed for sale.
  2. By extension, situated near the top of a web page; not requiring scrolling. See above the scroll.
  3. Anything similarly occupying an exclusive position of relative prominence


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