Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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column inch

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An area measurement used to calculate the cost of display advertising in magazines and newspapers; consisting of one column wide by one inch high. Advertising placed in outside ...

raster burn

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Damage to a computer screen caused by leaving it on for long hours without a screen saver. Also, eyestrain from staring at a computer screen for too long; this can happen sooner ...

for position only (FPO)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

See sketch, thumbnail.

cursor

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The movable symbol on a computer screen that shows where the user is working, whether typing text, drawing lines, or moving design elements. The cursor can be moved with the arrow ...

redact

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To put into suitable literary form by editing; derived from "to drive back" or restore. See edit, copyedit, proofread, rewrite, recension, recast, pore.

obelus

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A mark (- / ? used in ancient manuscripts to point out questionable words or passages. See notation.

backslash

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A short oblique stroke () used in the path of some computer operating systems to mark the hierarchical division between a directory and a subdirectory; as introduced by MS-DOS ...