Dictionary of Business Terms: export
export
- ship goods produced in one country to be sold in another; also, the goods exported.
- transfer data from one computer or application to another. This may require the ability to save in some file format other than the native one. For example, you can usually save a word processing or graphics file in a format that can be read by another word processing or graphics application.
Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: export
export
to save a file in a format other than the application program's native format. Many word processing and graphics programs have the ability to export to several different formats. Look under the "Save As..." dialog box for the available file formats.
Because the export process is a type of file conversion (instead of a simple copy operation) there is the possibility of a loss of image quality or text formatting.
