Definitions for: electronic publishing
electronic publishing
- the creation, manufacturing, and distribution of paperless documents. Examples of electronic documents are CD-ROMencyclopedias and the web pages. Each of these new formats brings new challenges and technical problems, but all need the skill of someone who knows how to work with type and how to produce a pleasing combination of graphics and text.
- the use of specialized computer-controlled equipment in the publishing and printing industries. Desktop publishing may be considered part of this trend, but electronic publishing encompasses the use of equipment not readily available to the mass market (powerful workstation class computers and digital presses, for example). Electronic publishing is superseding traditional methods of prepress production.
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