Publishing

Publishing

Publishing is the process of producing literature, music or information and making it available to the general public.

Industry: Printing & publishing

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bar code / barcode

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A series of contiguous lines, varying in height (as postal codes) or in width (as in product codes), for scanning by optical character readers, with applications to price, inventory, stock or part ...

etymology

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An account of the origin and development of a particular word or word element. Also, the study of historical linguistic change, as manifested in individual words. See morpheme, dictionary.

bitmap / bit-map

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Computer image consisting of pixels or halftone dots. See bitmap graphics.

graduated screen tint

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Screen tint that changes densities gradually and smoothly (not in distinct steps); also called "degrade", "gradient", "ramped screen", and "vignette". See illustration.

license

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The legal and heritable right to use the property of another, which may be granted exclusively or non-exclusively, for one or more times, for one or more media, with or without options. See fair use, ...

condition

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To keep paper in the pressroom for a few hours or days before printing so that its moisture level and temperature equal that in the pressroom; also called "cure", "mature", and "season". See paper.

list broker / list rental

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A list broker is an agent who manages and rents subscriber and membership lists, and usually works for a large list brokerage agency. Many magazines with lists of more than 5000 subscribers will rent ...