Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

The industry concerned with the preparation and distribution of printed material to the general public.

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syllabary

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A list or catalog of syllables. Also, a set of written symbols, each representing a syllable, used in writing certain languages (eg: Japanese). See schwa, diacritic, accent, foot, ...

cookie

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A set of data that a website server gives to a browser the first time the user visits the website, and is updated with each return visit. An HTTP cookie is a packet of information ...

radio frequency identification (RFID)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An active form of "smart tag" that can respond to electronic inquiry and transmit select data without interruption of other processes. May be used to track movements, trace ...

atticism

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Concise and elegant expression, diction, or the like; derived from Attic Greek being the stylistic basis for other dialects or languages . See diction, eloquence, elocution, ...

notch binding / knotch binding

Printing & publishing; Publishing

See burst binding; compare perfect binding.

picking

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The lifting of fibres out from the paper as a result of ink being too tacky, which shows as small white dots on areas of solid color. Compare hickey, slur, mottle, scum, setoff.

mapping

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To make logical connections between two entities. Because programs cannot translate directly from human modes (source code) to computer numbers (object code), the data is ...