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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

Patch

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An interim modification of a program, designed to repair a bug or glitch on the current version, so as to prevent a software recall, and show manufacturing responsiveness to customer satisfaction. ...

Insert

Printing & publishing; Publishing

In binding, one or more folded sheets of four pages (or any signature having a multiple of four) placed within another section of a book in such a way that the sewing passes through the back fold of ...

Off-shore sheet

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Term used in the United States and Canada for paper made overseas. See paper.

Make-ready

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The process of preparing a form for printing by overlays or underlays to equalise the impression; compare setoff, scum, ghosting. Also, paper used in the make-ready process at any stage of ...

Kern

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain Italic letters; see finial, ear, digraph, alignment, font, typeface, typography. Also, to remove a portion of space ...

Tag image file format (TIFF)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A standard file format commonly used for scanning, storage, and interchange of grey scale graphic images. See tag, graphics, illustration.

Internet relay chat (IRC)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An internet service that allows interactive conversations using a keyboard. See chatroom, instant messaging, BBS, UseNet.

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