Orphan

  1. Alternatively referred to as a widow, an orphan is a term used to describe a paragraph of text that has its last line of text on the next page instead of on the same page the paragraph began on. When writing any document it is recommended you watch for this error.
  2. When referring to Novell GroupWise, an orphan refers to a message that has been deleted by all users but remains in the message database.

Also see: Orphan file