Publishing

Publishing

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

Industry: Printing & publishing

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Psycholinguistics

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The study of the relationship between language and the cognitive or behavioural characteristics of those who use it; including pragmatics. Examines the determinants which vary acquisition (or ...

A handmade prototype or mock-up offered for design approval and production setup (nb: contract should stipulate that the manufactured item will meet the quality and performance of the sample). See ...

Swung dash

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A punctuation mark (~) used in place of a word, or part of a word, previously spelled-out. See apostrophe, elision, dash, tilde, punctuation, notation.

Counterword

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A word diluted by improper usage; a word that has come to be used with much less specific meanings than it had originally, such as swell, awful, terrific, awesome, boss, or cool. Compare slang, ...

Raster graphics

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Bitmapped graphics; computer graphics in which the image is made up of tiny dots called pixels. See bitmap graphics; compare vector graphics.

Form web

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Press using rolls 8-1/2" to 10" wide to print business forms, direct mailers, catalogue sheets, stationery, and other products with a flat size typically 8-1/2" X 11". See press.

30

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The end-of-story sign used in telegraphy, teletype, telex, telecom, and internet submission of news to syndicates, agents, or publishers; ostensibly derived from the Roman numeral thirty (XXX) used ...