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Re:The Real Price of Oil by colechristensen on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @02:49AM (#10294922)
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=-fold&allowed_in_fr...

Even though one might think it's 2^x (fold something in half twice and it's 4 times as thick, three times and it's 8, etc.) it's actually a rather archaic usage for multiplying.

Re:The Real Price of Oil by SamReidHughes on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @03:33AM (#10295022)
Imagine a fan-fold.
Re:The Real Price of Oil by bottled_poe on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @04:31AM (#10295165)
I think the point is that the term is ambiguous.
Re:The Real Price of Oil by SamReidHughes on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @04:49AM (#10295202)
It's not.
Re:The Real Price of Oil by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @12:39PM (#10297517)
No longer as common as it used to be, perhaps even archaic, but not ambiguous.