Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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work for hire

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Creative work purchased by an employer or contracted by a client for which the creator has been fully compensated, and for which the creator agrees to assign or transfer all ...

symbol

Printing & publishing; Publishing

See semiotics, glyph, graphics, sign language, prose, verse, rhetorical forms.

hardware

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical devices comprising a computer system. Compare software; see chip, disc, Floptical disk, Winchester disk, bus, multifunction, ...

dry-trap

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To print over dry ink in multiple pressruns, as contrasted with wet-trap. See trap, illustration.

codex

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A manuscript volume, usually of an ancient classic or a book of statutes, as contrasted with a scroll. See spine, incunabula, headword, artifact.

hyphen

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound or divided word, or used to conjoin related words for clarity of meaning. Compare dash, composition, solid; see hanging, ...

object-oriented programming

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An approach to programming in which each data item with the operations used on it is designated as an object; the routines used to operate on the data item are called methods; and ...