Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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dramatis personae

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A listing of the characters preceding the text of a play or novel; also called "cast of characters". See protasis, drama, play, novel, series, broadcast.

gender

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A set of grammatical categories, or the membership of a word or form in such a grammatical category, applied to masculine, feminine, neuter, or common nouns, represented by the ...

premium

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An added incentive to subscribe, renew, or donate; it's always something concrete like a special issue, tote bag, or t-shirt. Promotions to increase patronage based upon discounts ...

off the record / off-the-record

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Confidential information that is either not for publication, or is not for attribution when used as background or context in an article or essay. Journalistic ethics require that ...

string

Printing & publishing; Publishing

See character string, SNOBOL.

carry-over / carry-over line

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The line of editorial notation, inserted at the resumption point or arrival destination of an interrupted presentation to which the reader has been directed. See jump line, jump ...

tweak / tweaking

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To make small, fine, or minute adjustments to something, as when personalizing program or system variables. Changing the values of software or hardware settings can retard or ...