Publishing

Publishing

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

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screen shot

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The printout of an establishing shot or snapshot of the image displayed on a computer screen, usually taken in context for verification or troubleshooting. Since the screen shot may be documenting a ...

minuscule

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Written in small (not capital) letters, as a lowercase letter. Also, a small cursive script developed in the 7th century AD from the uncial, which it afterward superseded. Compare majuscule; see ...

laid finish

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A paper finish, on bond or text, simulating the surface of handmade paper with a grid of parallel lines; when the laid lines appear in both directions (crosshatching) the effect is called "chain ...

newsstand

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A stall, booth, or other place at which periodicals are displayed for single-copy sale to the public; also called "bookstall". See kiosk, BBS, RDA, audience, audit.

gateway

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An interface device or system used to connect dissimilar networks, so that information can be passed among different communications protocols. Unlike a bridge, which transfers information between ...

window

Printing & publishing; Publishing

In applications and graphical interfaces, a specially delineated portion of the screen environment that can contain its own document or message. Each window can act independently, as if it were a ...

legal-size / legal-sized

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Term prevalent in North America for paper sheets trimmed to measure approximately 8.5 x 14 inches (216mm x 356mm); and office supplies or equipment fitted to accept such ledger paper. Compare ...