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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

Head stop

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The butt of the registration or delivery units, enabling sheet position to be set accurately and consistently; lightweight paper tends to crumple, and heavy paper tends to bounce-back when striking ...

Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The standard TCP/IP protocol governing electronic mail transmission and reception used on the internet and other server networks. Additionally, SMTP is generally used to send messages from a mail ...

Thread sled

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The browser software linking the user to the internet news server for chatroom or newsgroup messaging. See thread, listserve, UseNet.

Basic size

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The standard size of sheets of paper used to calculate basis weight (qv) in the U.S. and Canada, irrespective of the wide variety of commercial sizes produced for different types. The standardised ...

Opaque paper

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A grade of improved offset paper that allows relatively little light to pass, which prevents show-through (qv) on double-sided printing. See paper.

Post office protocol (POP)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A protocol used by mail clients to download messages from a mail server on the Internet. The older version, POP2, a standard since the mid-1980's, requires SMTP to send messages. The newer version, ...

Ink

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A viscous fluid (originally a compound of carbon black and linseed oil invented in Sixth Century China) used for marking, writing, or printing. Compare dye, toner, strike-through, opacity; see ...

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