briefcase

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Peek into the detective's briefcase to see if he is investigating something that may expose your bigger caper.

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A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.

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noun

A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.

noun

(computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for briefcase.

noun

A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.

noun

(computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.

Example sentences

Peek into the detective's briefcase to see if he is investigating something that may expose your bigger caper.

The government routinely claims that it is no different than asking a traveler to open a physical briefcase.

His briefcase was lying open on a chair near the desk, and the manuscript pages were protruding from it; someone seemed to have stuffed them into the briefcase without much care.

Theft during the duration of time that the student gain 'possession' of the briefcase to open it?

What about that Briefcase thing in Windows 95 that almost no one knew how to use?

I left as well, seeing that they really didn't care about anyone who didn't have ownership and a briefcase.

I gathered up my documents, closed my briefcase, got up and walked out of his office.

I did something similar with a briefcase when my car was being broken into multiple times.

There were tradeoffs necessary to get the first portable computers to fit in a briefcase but now we've got ultrabooks.

What would be the crime committed in breaking into the teacher's briefcase?

After the tour was over, he called his boss, and told them his briefcase was hidden next to a critical part of the facility.

One of the images showed a guy in a suit carrying his Commodore instead of a briefcase as he walked across some corporate campus.

Quote examples

Microsoft added the "briefcase folder" in Windows 98 (maybe even a '95 update).

That's not security, no more than me handing you a briefcase full of cash and you promising you'll hold onto it for me is "security".

Maybe with a Dropbox-like solution for syncing documents (no shiny webapp bullshit, no logging in to domain NAT Samba Kerberos Windows Briefcase Sharepoint nonsense, just "a folder that syncs" and enforces some security).

And as the software that is capable of turning them into true satellite offices becomes refined, they will probably even be used - in fact, profitably so." I'm hearing another prediction, that "a lot of briefcase computers will probably be sold." if things like displays and software improve.