Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

desktop publishing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: desk-top pub-lish-ing
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of page layout software on a desktop computer to produce publishable documents.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

""My memory of him in the office at Peterborough was the ferocious nature of his typing, on a manual machine of course. This was long before the days of desktop publishing, and you could hear him down the corridor absolutely hammering the keyboard.""

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

DTP

Questions

What does desktop publishing mean?: The use of page layout software on a desktop computer to produce publishable documents.

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