Publishing

Publishing

Publishing is the process of producing literature, music or information and making it available to the general public.

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virtual server

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A server, such as a VLAN, that shares computer resources with other similar servers. A virtual server is distinguished from a dedicated server, which runs only server software. Virtual web servers ...

poison-pen

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An acrimonious or malicious composition, usually sent or posted anonymously. See flame-bait, flame, screed; compare euphemism.

application

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Computer program used for specific tasks such as word processing, page layout, or editing photographs.

pen name

Printing & publishing; Publishing

See allonym, samizdatchik, ghostwriter.

indemnify

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The legal exemption from penalties attaching to illegal actions; to secure against anticipated loss. Most publishing contracts require that non-employee or freelance authors indemnify the publisher ...

anachronism

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To make a wrong time reference in which a person, object, or event is situated out of correct sequence or proper context, most often as an error rather than a literary device. See factoid, poetic ...