Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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x-height

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The standard height of the main body of a letter, excluding the ascenders and descenders. See baseline, x-line, body size, font, typeface.

screen

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A glass plate on which two sets of intersecting lines have been etched, used to make halftones and color builds. Also, a display component, computer monitor, video display ...

point-to-point protocol (PPP)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A protocol for communication between computers using TCP/IP, over standard telephone lines, ISDN, and other high-speed connections. PPP was developed by the Internet Engineering ...

foil

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A very thin metal sheet or metallic backing; see stamp. Also, an arc or rounded space between cusps, as in ornamental tracery.

computer output to laser disc (COLD)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

As in the storage of data on optical disc (eg: CD-ROM). Storing large quantities of data onto laser disk, as opposed to microfiche or microfilm, enables computer search access of ...

pornography

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Pictorial or verbal depictions intended to arouse sexual excitement, or tending to deprave or corrupt; also known as "porn", as derived from "writing about harlots". Pornography ...