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Publishing

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

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Publishing

Superscript

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A letter, number, or symbol written above or printed high on a line of text; also called "superior". Compare subscript.

Virus

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A segment of self-replicating code that's been illegally planted into a computer program, most often to damage a system, to corrupt a database, or to shut down a network. Countermeasures began in ...

Additive colour

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Colour produced by light falling onto a surface. The additive primary colours 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.

Multifunction

Printing & publishing; Publishing

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.

Subscript

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A letter, number, or symbol written below or printed low on a line of text; also called "inferior". Compare superscript.

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