Publishing

Publishing

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

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additive color

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Color produced by light falling onto a surface. The additive primary colors are red, green, and blue. Compare subtractive color, subtractive primary colors; see illustration.

commodity

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Refers to paper or printing produced quickly and in high volumes, so therefore relatively inexpensive.

The inherent ability to perform more than one function, either serially or simultaneously, as with multifunction circuit boards or multitasking (qv). The most common multifunction device (MFD) is a ...

lay

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To devise a plan, as the consistent arrangement of type within font boxes; see type case. Also, a short narrative, poem, or song; see story, verse.

prequel

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A sequel to a film, play, or piece of fiction that prefigures or foreshadows the original. See series; compare sequel.

Abbreviation

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An abbreviation or acrostic formed from the initial letters of the words in a name or phrase, which are always separately spelled-out in pronunciation (eg: MPH, RPM, ATM, HIV, STD, TLC, PRN, QID, ...

magapaper

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Combination magazine and newspaper for trade circulation, often arranged in tabloid format. See public relations magazine, trade journal, newsletter, zine, tabazine, periodical.