finder

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

finder
    n 1: someone who comes upon something after searching
    2: someone who is the first to observe something [syn: {finder},
       {discoverer}, {spotter}]
    3: optical device that helps a user to find the target of
       interest [syn: {finder}, {viewfinder}, {view finder}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Finder \Find"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a
      small telescope of low power and large field of view,
      attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding
      an object more readily, called also a {finder telescope}
      or {finder scope}.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

   2. (Micros.) A slide ruled in squares, so as to assist in
      locating particular points in the field of vision.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Finder

   <operating system> The part of the {Macintosh Operating
   System} and {GUI} that simulates the {desktop}.  The
   {multitasking} version of Finder was called "{MultiFinder}"
   until {multitasking} was integrated into the core of the OS
   with the introduction of System 7.0 in 1990.

   (2005-03-18)

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