Publishing

Publishing

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

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Bleed

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Printing that extends beyond the crop marks, or runs-off the edges of a page in one or more directions; this process requires printing on larger paper and trimming to size.

The final test of a computer product prior to commercial release. The beta version is normally sent to test sites outside the company for real-world exposure. After debugging the beta test results, ...

Expurgate

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To amend a text by the excision of words or passages deemed objectionable, as to purge whatever is morally offensive; derived from "cleanse" or "clear away". Also called bowdlerize, abridge, excerpt. ...

Crossbar

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A horizontal line or stripe. See stroke, stem, ligature, type, typeface, typography.

Noise

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An electric disturbance in a communications system that interferes with signal reception, or prevents information transmittal. Also, extraneous data or excessive information acquired during ...

Doggerel

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Doggerel verse, being crude, comic, or burlesque, and being loose or irregular in measure; especially a poorly written or lesser form of verse (qv). Doggerel is the poetic equivalent of "dog Latin". ...