Publishing

Publishing

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

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golden key

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Colloquial expression for the key that unlocks the golden handcuffs (qv); usually consisting of a single payment, exclusive of salary / wages or other benefits, to an employee who is dismissed for ...

legible / legibility

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Referring to the clarity of type and its contrast against the background for easy perception or discernment of the characters. The "rule of mono-typographic harmony" promotes consistency and ...

dead storage

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The indefinite or perpetual storage of data, files, or the like. Compare RAM, ROM, flash memory.

underline

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To demarcate or emphasize something with a line beneath; to underscore. In e-mail and ASCII text, this is indicated by placing an underline immediately before and after the affected word or phrase ...

verso / versos

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A left-hand or even-numbered page of an open book or manuscript; the reverse of a leaf. Title and contents pages are always recto, while frontispiece and acknowledgment pages are usually verso. ...

box

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A section of text marked-off by rules or white space, and presented separately from the body copy or main text, also called "text box"; see call-out, sidebar, bite, ear, inset, mortise, grid box. ...