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24-bit, 32-bit colour: Allows up to 16.7 million different colours on a computer monitor. 32-bit colour provides for masking and other complex operations in image-editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop.
4-colour-process: The process of combining four basic colours to create a printed colour picture or colours composed from the basic four colours.
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A series: International standard for paper sizes. 4AO to A10. Usually A3, A4, A5, A5, A6
A3: International Standard paper size 297mm x 420mm. Double A4 size. Used in poster or newspaper.
A4: International Standard paper size 210mm x 297mm. Used for letters, magazines, forms, catalogues, laser printers and copying machines.
A5: International Standard paper size 148mm x 210mm. Half of A4 size. Used for notepads and books.
A6: International Standard paper size 105mm x 148mm. Half of A5 size. Used for postcards and books.
AAP: Association of American Publishers.
AAWP (Australian Association of Writing Programs): An organisation for writers, students, editors.
ABA: Australian Booksellers Association also the American Booksellers Association.
AB&P: Australian Booksellers and publishers. A monthly magazine published by DW Thorpe.
Abridged: A condensed or shortened version of a book.
Accounts: A list of all financial transactions relating to one topic i.e. cash account – all items paid with cash, Peterson account all transaction related to Peterson.
Accounts payable: Money owed you or the business to others.
Accounts receivable: Money owed others to you or the business.
Accrual accounting: The system of recording income and expenses when they are incurred, regardless of when cash or payment is received. As opposed to Cash Accounting.
Acid-free: Paper resists yellowing from age, made from pulp containing little or no acid.
Acknowledgment: A part of a book's front matter, in which the author expresses appreciation and thanks to the individuals and organizations that helped with the book.
Acquisitions Editors: The person in a publishing firm who acquires new manuscripts.
Addendum: An addition to a work after it has been printed.
Address: In the online world, the combination of letters, numbers, and/or symbols that will let you send e-mail to a particular person or organization.
Advance: Money paid to an author, usually at the time a contract is signed, that is a portion of expected royalties that will be paid to the author once the book is published. Originated from the phrase "advance against royalties."
Advanced copies: Books sent by printer or publisher before publication date.
Advertorial: An advertisement written and presented to resemble editorial or new content.
AFC (Australian Film Commission): An organisation that provides funding for script development and production in Australia.
Affiliate program: An arrangement in which a company pays you a percentage of the sale for every online customer they get through a link from your website to theirs.
Afterword: Part of a book's back matter in which the author or publisher offers parting remarks to the reader.
Agent, Agency: Person or organisation representing authors and selling their work to prospective publishers, handling contract negotiations, helping to sell subsidiary rights, and managing the author's business and financial transactions.
Airbrush: Paint is applied in a fine mist with compressed air.
Align: To line up type or graphics
Alteration: Change in copy or specifications’ implying it is after production has begun.
Amazon: An on-line bookshop reported as the biggest in the world, based in America.
ANPC: Australian National Playwright’s centre.
Anthology: A collection of literary works, such as poems or stories, by a number of writers.
Antiquarian bookseller: A bookseller who specializes in old or rare books.
ANZSI: Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers.
APA: Australian Publishers Association.
Appendix: The part of a book's back matter that includes lists of resources, tables, or other reference material.
Artwork: Any illustration or photo other than text.
ASA: Australian Society of Authors.
Ascender: The part of lowercase b, d, f, h, k, l, and t, that extends above the body of the letters. See typeface.
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange. An ASCII file is one that contains text only, as opposed to an electronic file that contains text and graphics.
As-told-to: A book produced by a writer in collaboration with a non-writer, usually a celebrity.
Attachments: Extra files or documents that are attached a letter or email.
Audio rights: The right to allow the book to be turned into an audio recording.
Audit: A systematic check or assessment, especially of the efficiency or effectiveness of an organization accounts carried out by an independent assessor.
Australian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP): An organisation for writers, students, editors.
Australian Film Commission (AFC): An organisation that provides funding for script development and production in Australia.
Australian Writers Marketplace: Complied by the Queensland Writers Centre listing every contact you will ever need to succeed in the writing industry.
Author: The person or organisation who wrote the article or book.
AWG: Australian Writers Guild.
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B series: International Standard for paper size B0 to B10. Usually B5, B6.
B5: International Standard paper size 176mm x 250mm. Used for Books.
B6: International Standard paper size 125mm x 176mm. Used for Books.
B&W (Black-and-white): Originals or reproductions in which black is the only colour, as opposed to one-colour (which can be any single colour), two-colour, four-color, or more.
Back flap: The back part of a dust jacket that folds inward and contains copy continued from the front flap and/or a photo and biography of the author.
Back list: Previously published books that are still in print and currently available from the publisher. As opposed to front list, that is recently released books.
Back matter: The contents of a book that appears after the main text; may include an afterword, appendix, colophon, glossary, and index.
Back order: An order of books, that is unavailable, and will be delivered when they are available.
Banner: Depending on how it's used, a banner is either a graphic image that announces the name or identity of a site (and often is spread across the width of the World Wide Web page) or is an advertising image.
Bar code: A series of vertical lines that identify the book, the book's publisher, and the book's price. The bar code used especially for books is called a Bookland EAN.
Bastard Title: Half title. Found on the page in front of the title page.
Best-seller: A top selling book within a set period of time.
Bibliography: Part of a book's back matter in which other books or magazine articles are cited as resources.
Binding: How the loose pages of the book are joined together to make a book.
Bio: Short for biography. A brief description of an author's life and/or publication history, that appears in the back matter of a book.
Biography: The brief description of an author's life and/or publication history, that appears in the back matter of a book.
BISAC : Book Industry Systems Advisory Committee - A committee of the Book Industry Study Group.
Black-and-white (B&W): Originals or reproductions in which black is the only colour, as opposed to one-colour (which can be any single colour), two-colour, four-color, or more.
Bleed: Ink printed over the edge of a paper. This is trimmed off.
Bleed allowance: The amount in which a bleed must extend beyond a document's trim in order to allow for variations in cutting and folding.
Blow up: An enlargement.
Blueprint: A typesetter’s proof of one colour (usually blue on white or white on blue).
Blurb: A promotional announcement, phrase or advertisement or a short description of a book/author on a book jacket.
Board: Paper generally more than 200gsm.
Body type: The majority of the text used in the book.
Boldface: Type or font that is thicker that normal.
Book: A publication of 49 or more pages that is not a serial or periodical.
Book club rights: The right to allow the book to be sold to bookclubs.
Book fair: An event where publishers display their books.
Book packer: A person or company who contracts with publishers to deliver contacted books.
Book sizes: Standard book sizes can be B5, A5, B6 and A6.
Booklet: A publication of less than 48 pages.
Border: Design surrounding printing on a page.
Brightness: The brilliance or reflectance of paper.
Browser: A browser is an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web.
Bullets: Large dots or other icons that are used in a list to separate items.
Burn: Make a permanent copy of a digital file on CD.
Butt: Joining images without overlapping.
By-line: The author's name as it appears under the title or at the end of an article or story.
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C Series: International Standard for envelopes C0 to C10. Usually C4, C5, C6.
C1S: Coated one side usually refers to a book cover, or paper, that is smooth on one side.
C2S: Coated Two Sides usually refers to book cover, or paper, that has a coating or finish, on both sides.
C4: International Standard envelope size 229mm x 324mm. Used for unfolded A4 paper.
C5: International Standard envelope size 162mm x 229mm. Used for a folded A4 paper in half.
C6: International Standard envelope size 114mm x 162mm. Used for folded A4 paper in half twice.
CAL (Copyright Agency Limited): An agency that collects money to distribute among authors and publishers as compensation for the copying of their works.
Camera-ready copy: A completely prepared past-up that is ready for the camera or xerographic reproduction. No further graphic arts work is required.
Caps: An abbreviation for capital letters.
Caption: The line of text accompanying a picture to explain what it is.
Carbonless: Pressure sensitive writing paper that does not use carbon.
Case binding: Hardcover also case bound. A book cover bound with boards.
Cash accounting: Accounting or bookkeeping system based on cash. Not accrual. It records the income and expenses when payment is received.
Cash on Delivery (COD): Where products are paid for when delivered.
Catalogue-in-Publication (CiP): Bibliographic information supplied by the National Library of Australia or Library of Congress USA. It is displayed on the copyright page of books. This enables libraries to shelve the books correctly.
Cathline: A temporary descriptive headline used to identify the contents of galley proofs.
CBCA: Children’s Book Council of Australia.
CD: Compact Disc.
Chapbook: A small book or booklet, often part of a series. It is usually poems or tales.
Character: Any written or printed letter, number, or other symbol.
Character count: the number of characters; i.e. letters, figures, signs or spaces in a piece of copy
Check digit: A number used to validate other numbers in the preceding numerical field. The last number in ISBN is a check digit. Number 0 to 9 or X.
CiP (Catalogue-in-Publication): Bibliographic information supplied by the National Library of Australia or Library of Congress USA. It is displayed on the copyright page of books. This enables libraries to shelve the books correctly.
Circulation: The number of readers of a periodical such as a magazine or newspaper.
Classified ad: An advertisement that uses only text, as opposed to a display ad, which also incorporates graphics.
Clean copy: Copy that is ready to be typeset, or copy that has already been typeset and contains no further corrections.
Clip art: Illustrations, line drawings, pictures and other graphics that can be inserted in artwork or in a page layout, usually royalty-free. Before digital clip art, artwork from paper books was actually cut, or clipped, from the page and pasted onto the layout, thus the name clip art.
CMYK: Abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow and key (black), the four process colours.
Coated paper: Printing papers surface coated with clay for a smoother finish.
COD (Cash on Delivery): Where products are paid for when delivered.
Coffee Table Book: An oversized book, usually hardcover, heavily illustrated.
Collate: Organize printed matter in the order specified.
Colour Separation: Process to divide continuous-tone colour images into four half-tone negatives.
Colophon: The details of the title, printer, publisher, and publication date given at the end of a book. Colophons are commonly found in early printed books and in modern private press editions. It can be a Symbol or emblem representing the publisher.
Commercial novels: Novels designed to appeal to a broad audience.
Commercial printer: A printer who primarily manufactures print runs of 5,000 or more using larger printing presses than those found in a quick-copy shop.
Commission: The amount, usually a percentage, paid for selling books.
Condensed: Is a narrower version of a typeface. Or a shortened version of a book-length work.
Content edit: An overall evaluation and critique of a manuscript for organization, style, and continuity as well as actual content.
Contents: The list of a book's chapters or a magazine's features and departments that appears as part of the front matter. It is also called a Table of Contents.
Co-op advertising: Where two organizations, such as a bookseller and a publisher, share the cost of advertising. The publisher usually pays the larger percentage.
Co-op publishing: A situation in which two organizations produce and publish a book together. It is also called co-publishing.
Co-publishing: A situation in which two organizations produce and publish a book together. It is also called co-op publishing.
Copy: All furnished material or disc used in the production of a printed product.
Copy edit: The next level of editing, after content editing, checking a manuscript for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and consistency.
Copy preparation: The process of getting copy ready for reproduction by applying the proper type specifications.
Copyfit: The process of calculating how much space a given amount of copy set in a particular point size and typeface will occupy. Also, the process of adjusting type, either by altering its point size or other type specifications or by eliminating actual words and sentences to make the copy fit a given amount of space.
Copyright: Protection or the right to retain or sell the rights to an artistic work, usually held by the creator of the work.
Copyright Agency Limited (CAL): An agency that collects money to distribute among authors and publishers as compensation for the copying of their works.
Copyright infringement: When another party besides the copyright owner reproduces a copyrighted work, in whole or in part, without the copyright owner's permission.
Copyright Notice: The words placed on the copyright page, such as “Copyright © 2008, Leona Seib”.
Copyright page: The page behind the title page that lists the ISBN, author, year of publication etc.
Corner marks: Marks printed on a sheet to indicate the trim or register marks.
CRC: Camera ready copy.
Credit note: A statement showing money due to a customer for returned products.
Crimping: Puncture marks holding business forms together. Making it easier to remove.
Crop marks: Printed lines showing where to trim a printed sheet.
Crop: Cut off parts of a picture or image.
Cropping: Cut parts of an image not required.
Cyan: Blue - one of four standard process colours.
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Dedication: Part of the front matter of a book in which the author dedicates the work to an individual or group of individuals.
Defamation: Libellous or slanderous statements that cause injury to another person.
Digital Rights: The right to reproduce the work in a digitial/ electronic form e.g. on the internet, in PDF, e-book etc.
Digital Rights Management (DRM): It provides the software locks put on information distributed digitally to prevent unauthorised distribution.
Dingbat: An ornamental character such as a bullet, star, or flower used by printers to decorate a page.
Direct mail: A form of advertising in which the published matter is mailed directly to the potential customer.
Display ad: An advertisement that uses graphics, as opposed to a classified ad, which uses only text.
Distributor: A company that warehouses and ships books or magazines to retail outlets.
DL: Business letter size 110mm x 220 mm. Suitable for an A4 folded in thirds.
Domain: A domain is the main subdivision of Internet address, the last three letters after the final dot, and it tells you what kind of organisation it is.
Dots-per-inch (DPI): A measure of resolution for monitors, printers and scanners.
Double-sided: Printing on both sides of a sheet of paper.
Download: To retrieve a file from another computer, as opposed to upload, which means to send a file to another computer.
DPI (Dots per square inch): A measure of resolution for monitors, printers and scanners, typically 60, 300 and 1200 respectively.
DRM (Digital Rights Management): It provides the software locks put on information distributed digitally to prevent unauthorised distribution.
Drop cap: A large initial letter at the start of the text that drops into the line or lines of text below.
Drop shadow: A graphic effect in which display type is repeated behind itself, creating a "shadow."
Dummy: A preliminary layout showing the size, shape, form, and general style of a printed piece, including folds.
Dump: A box or rack sometimes made of sturdy cardboard that displays books or other merchandise near the cash registers of a retail outlet.
Dust cover: The outer paper wrap on a hardcover book. It is also called a dust jacket.
Dust jacket: The outer paper wrap on a hardcover book. It is also called a dust cover.
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eBook: Electronic book usually downloadable form the Internet.
e-commerce: Using electronic information technologies on the Internet to allow direct selling and automatic processing of purchases between parties.
Edit: To modify and correct a manuscript to conform to the publisher's standards.
Edition: All printings of a book from the same original materials. Once changes have been made to the original materials, the next printing becomes a new edition.
Editor in chief: The top editor at a magazine or book publisher responsible for all editorial decisions.
Educational Lending Right (ELR): This is a scheme administered by the Commonwealth Government of Australia which compensates authors and publishers for the borrowing of their works through educational libraries.
Electronic rights: The rights to allow the book to turn into an electronic format e.g. eBook.
Electronic publishing: The publication and dissemination of information by electronic means i.e. over the Internet.
Elite type: A standard typewriter typeface with 12 characters to the inch.
Ellipsis: A unit of three small dots that signifies a trailing off in thought or portions of a quote that have been omitted.
ELR (Educational Lending Right): This is a scheme administered by the Commonwealth Government of Australia which compensates authors and publishers for the borrowing of their works through educational libraries.
Email: Electronic message send from a computer network.
Emboss: An image pressed into paper to create a relief.
Emoticon: A symbol that uses the characters on a computer keyboard to convey emotion or tone in an electronic message, such as the sideways smiley face. :-)
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS): Computer files with images and PostScript commands.
End leaf: The paper used to bind a book's cover to its interior pages.
End matter / end pages: Material after the main text e.g. appendixes, bibliography or index.
End notes: Subsidiary matter printed at the end of a chapter, article or text.
End pages / end matter: Material after the main text.
Endorsement: A statement supporting the author or book.
Endpaper / sheets: The sheets of paper that affix the front and back pages of a hardcover book to the inside covers.
Envelope sizes: Standard size for A4 postage envelopes are C4, C5, C6.
Epilogue: Text that appears at the end of a story which brings the reader up to date or offers parting comments, as opposed to a prologue, which appears at the beginning of a story and offers introductory comments.
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript): Computer files with images and PostScript commands.
Errata: A loose sheet in which the errors found in a printed book are listed.
Estimate: A preliminary cost analysis provided by a printer on how much a printing job will cost, listed in terms of price per piece and total cost per thousand. Different from a quote, this is a legally binding, signed agreement between a printer and a publisher in which the cost is guaranteed not to fluctuate for a specified period of time.
Even pages: Left handed or verso pages. Pages bearing the even page numbers.
Exclusive: Sole distribution or publishing rights given to or sold to only one distributor or publisher in a particular geographic area. It is also a news or feature article published by a publication before any of its competitors.
Ezine: Electronic magazine available in the Internet.
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Face out: To display books on a shelf so that their front covers are showing, as opposed to spine out.
Facing page: A left-handed page that when laid out forms a spread.
FAW: Fellowship of Australian Writers.
Fair use: The allowable and legal use of a limited amount of copywrited material without getting permission.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions): A list of commonly asked questions and answers posted on an online service, mailing list, or forum to reduce the number of beginner questions for a particular topic.
Film rights: The right to allow the book to be made in a movie.
First Australian Rights: The right to publish the work in Australia. Once published the author may then offer the work to another publication or publisher on a second rights basis.
First edition: The original printing from the original, unchanged plates and materials.
First serial rights: The right to publish a serialized version of a work before the work in its entirety is actually published.
Flush left: Copy aligned to left margin.
Flush right: Copy aligned to right margin.
Flyer: Cheaply produced circular for promotional distribution.
Folio (page number): Actual page number in a publication.
Font (or fount): A set of characters in a typeface.
Foolscap: A traditional (imperial) paper size measuring 17 inches by 13½ inches.
Foot notes: Notes set in smaller type at the bottom of the page but within the type area usually explaining extra about the text.
Foot(er): A headline or title that appears at the bottom of a page.
Foredge: The outer margin of a page.
Foreign rights: Subsidiary rights allowing the book to be publishing in other countries.
Foreword: Introductory remarks found in the front matter of a book, often written by someone other than the author.
Format: The size and shape of a publication also its general appearance, layout, typography binding etc.
Four colour process (4 colour process): Printing in full colour using four colour separation negatives; yellow, magenta, cyan and black.
Freelance: A self-employed person working, or available to work, for a number of employers, and usually hired for a limited period.
Front flap: The front part of a dust jacket that folds inward and contains copy which continues to the back flap.
Front list: Newly released books, as opposed to back list, which are previously published titles still available from the publisher.
Front matter: The pages of a book before the main text, such as title page, copyright page, Table of Contents, foreword, and so on. Also known as preliminary pages.
Front plate: An illustration that faces the title page, also called a frontispiece.
Frontispiece: An illustration that faces the title page, also called a front plate.
Fulfilment: The process of filling orders for a book or magazine through order taking, packing, shipping, and collecting payment.
Full submission: the submission of a complete manuscript, as opposed to a sample or outline.
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Galley proof: Copy of text for checking before it is finally assembled for print run.
Galleys: The long metal trays used to hold type after it has been set and before the press run.
Gang: Getting the most out of a printing press by using the maximum sheet size to print multiple images or jobs on the same sheet.
General publishing: Also referred to as trade publishing; publishing intended for the general consumer market.
Genre: A category of a certain type of writing, such as horror, romance, mystery, science fiction, and so forth.
Ghosting: Image appears too light because of ink starvation or a faint printed image that appears where it was not
Ghost-writing: Writing by an author on behalf of another person, where the other person receives the credit for producing the book.
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format): Originally created by the online service CompuServe to help users minimize file-transfer times when transmitting bitmapped images currently supported by a growing number of Macintosh and PC graphics applications.
Gilding: Gold leaf on the page edges.
Gloss: A shiny coating applied to a printed piece.
Glossary: A list of definitions.
Glossy: A photograph, image, or other printed material with a shiny surface, as opposed to matte, which is a dull surface.
Gothic: Typefaces with no serifs and broad even strokes.
Grain direction: It is the direction of fibres in paper.
Graphic: Any illustrative element in a page layout, such as a photograph, illustration, icon, ruled line, or any other non-text element.
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF): Originally created by the online service CompuServe to help users minimize file-transfer times when transmitting bitmapped images currently supported by a growing number of Macintosh and PC graphics applications.
gsm (grams per square metre): The measure of paper density.
Gutter: In newsprint, central blank area between left and right pages. With books, the inside margins toward the binding edge.
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Hairline: A very thin line or gap.
Half title: The title of a book found on the page that precedes the title page. It is also called a bastard title.
Hanging indent: When the first line of a paragraph starts to the left of the rest of the lines of the paragraph. This paragraph is a hanging indent.
Hanging punctuation: Punctuation, that appears outside the margins of the text.
Hard copy: The tangible output, usually on laser paper or photographic paper, from an electronic file.
Hard return: A permanent return that is manually inserted at the end of a line of text, as opposed to a soft return, which is inserted using a software command and which would go away if the text were to change.
Hardcover: A book bound with boards. It is also called case-bound, hard-bound, and hardback.
Head(er): A headline or title that appears at the top of a page outside text area. Or an e-mail, the portion of a message that includes information such as To, From, Subject, and Date.
Headline: a large bold caption at the top of an article or advertisement.
Helvetica: A sans serif typeface.
Highlight: Lightest areas in a picture compared to midtones and shadows.
Home page: The page designated as the main point of entry of a website (or main page) or the starting point when a browser first connects to the Internet.
Hook: An unusual statement (or graphic) that draws and holds attention so that users will read an entire file or explore a major part of a site.
House style: Copy editing rules for spelling, punctuation, etc used in a publishing house or publication.
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language): Programming language used for documents on the World Wide Web.
HTTP or http (Hypertext Transfer Protocol): A standard method of publishing information as hypertext in html format on the Internet. HTTP is the format at the World Wide Web.
Hue: Specific colour such as yellow or green.
Hyperbole or hype: Exaggerated sales claims for a product or person.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML): Programming language used for documents on the World Wide Web.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP or http): A standard method of publishing information as hypertext in html format on the Internet. HTTP is the format at the World Wide Web.
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Icons: Pictorial images used on screen to indicate function in software.
Image area: It is the area of a page that can be printed upon, surrounded by non-image areas, or margins.
Image editing: The process of changing and manipulating photographs and other graphics usually performed electronically using software applications such as Adobe Photoshop.
Imprint: The name and/or logo a publisher uses on a book. Some publishers have more than one imprint.
Imprint page: The preliminary page in a book which carries the publisher’s details and copyright warnings. Also known as the copyright page.
In print: Books those are currently available for sale from publishers.
Indent: To leave a blank space at the beginning of a line or lines.
Inch: An imperial measurement for length. 1 inch equal to 2.54 centimeters.
Index: A detailed listing in the back matter of a book that provides the location(s) of specific references organized alphabetically.
Infringement: When another party besides the copyright owner reproduces a copyrighted work, in whole or in part, without the copyright owner's permission.
In-house: Functions performed within the company rather than by outside contractors.
Initial cap: A capital letter at the beginning of a paragraph that rests on the first baseline and rises above the x-height of the other letters.
Insert: A printed piece that is not part of the original publication but is bound into a magazine, newspaper, or other printed piece.
Interleave: To insert a blank page or pages between other pages of a book.
International paper sizes : ISO paper sizes based on A, B and C series A is for printing and stationery, B for posters and C for envelopes.
International Standard Book Number (ISBN): A unique number provided by R.R. Bowker/Reed Reference Publishing and assigned by the publisher that identifies the binding, edition, and publisher of a book.
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): A number like an ISBN for serials/books published in a series.
Internet Domain Name: The unique name that identifies an Internet entity.
Internet Protocol address (IP address): Every system connected to the Internet has a unique IP address.
Internet Services Provider (ISP): A business that provides access to the Internet.
Internet: A worldwide system of computer networks.
Invasion of privacy: Revealing private facts about someone else.
Invoice: An account sent by the seller listing quality and price of goods sold.
IP address (Internet Protocol address): Every system connected to the Internet has a unique IP address.
ISBN (International Standard Book Number): A unique number provided by R.R. Bowker/Reed Reference Publishing and assigned by the publisher that identifies the binding, edition, and publisher of a book.
ISP (Internet Services Provider): A Business that provides access to the Internet.
ISSN (International Standard Serial Number): A number like an ISBN for serials/books published in a series.
Italic: A style of type in which the letterforms slant toward the right, used for emphasis and titles of books, magazines, and so forth.
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Jacket: The paper outerwrap of a hardcover book. It is also called a dust jacket or dust cover.
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG): A JPEG is a graphic format newer than GIF which displays photographs and graphic images with millions of colours
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): A JPEG is a graphic format newer than GIF which displays photographs and graphic images with millions of colours
Justified: The format of a text block, where both the right and left margins are aligned.
Justify: To set lines of text so that the left and right margins are aligned.
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