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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

Lpi

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The abbreviation for lines per inch/centimeter, being the unit of measurement for the size of halftone dots. Compare ppi / ppcm.

Cover price

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The publisher's suggested retail price, so marked on the dust jacket or encrypted in the bar code; as with any commodity, the actual purchase price is extenuated by demand and other market ...

Programme

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A performance or production, usually in broadcast media. Also, a list, prospectus, or syllabus: see catalog. Also, a sequence of coded instructions enabling a computer to perform tasks; see control ...

Command line

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A string of text in the command language, which is executed by the command interpreter; also called "command-line interface". Commands are usually typed at the keyboard or chosen from a menu so that ...

Duplicator

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An offset press of limited features, size, and capacity, made for quick printing of lower quality images.

Think piece

Printing & publishing; Publishing

In Journalism, an article analysing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future; also called "dope story". Compare editorial, Op-Ed, bully ...

Semicolon / semi-colon

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence, as the division between distinct clauses or list items, when a comma will not suffice. It conventionally separates the two ...

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