| desktop publishing n. The design and production of publications using personal computers with graphics capability. |
desktop publishing
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) a means of publishing reports, advertising, etc., to typeset quality using a desktop computer Abbreviation DTP
desk′top pub′lishing
n.
the design and production of publications by means of specialized software enabling a microcomputer to generate typeset-quality text and graphics.
[1980–85]
Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  desktop publishing - (computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materialspublishing, publication - the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
Translations
(also DTP) the production of a magazine etc using a small computer and a printer.
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