| above |
appearing earlier in the same text. [1/5 definitions] |
| Bible |
(l.c.) any book or text that is considered authoritative or official. [1/3 definitions] |
| caret |
a mark (^). It is used to show where an insertion is to be made in a text. |
| desktop publishing |
the creation and preparation of text and graphics for publishing using small computers. |
| document |
a file made by a computer containing information in the form of text or media. [1/3 definitions] |
| emoji |
any of various small visual symbols or images that are used in text messages or emails to communicate an emotion, attitude, wish, opinion, or the like. |
| emoticon |
(from "emotion icon") a small icon made of punctuation characters and letters that is placed in an e-mail or text. An emoticon shows the mood of the writer. |
| footnote |
a note at the bottom of a page or the end of a chapter that explains a part of the main text. |
| foreword |
a statement at the beginning of a written text, such as a book; introduction or preface. |
| italic |
Italic is a style for producing typed alphabet letters, numbers, and symbols. In Italic, the letters slant to the right. Italic looks like this. When we talk about a piece of text being in this style, we often use the plural form, "italics." We say that the text is "in italics." Names of books and movies are often put in italics, like "The Hobbit" and "Spider-Man." |
| link |
Sometimes when you are on a computer, you click on a particular piece of text or an image and it takes you to a new page or to a different place on the same page. You can do this because there is an electronic connection between these places. This connection is called a "link." The piece of text or image that you clicked on is programmed to have this link so you can navigate from place to place. Sometimes when you click on something on a page, nothing happens. That's because there is no link within that text or image. [1/5 definitions] |
| manuscript |
A manuscript is the original text of a book or other thing that an author has written. It is what the author has typed on their own computer or written by hand. A manuscript is given to a publishing company which then prints many copies of the book for people to read. [1/2 definitions] |
| message |
A message is something that gives someone information. A message can be given by one person to another in speaking, or it can come in a text or email, or it might be written on a piece of paper. [2/3 definitions] |
| printer |
A printer is a person or company that does printing of things like books or papers. They use a machine that uses ink and puts the words of the text onto the pages. They also put photographs, different kinds of marks, and other things onto the pages so people can see them. Printers usually make many copies of things. [2 definitions] |
| screen |
the flat surface on electronic devices such as televisions, computers, or phones on which you see text or images. [1/8 definitions] |
| script |
the written text of a play, movie, or television show. [1/2 definitions] |
| scroll |
to move the text up, down, or sideways on a computer screen so that new parts of it appear as other parts disappear. [1/2 definitions] |
| smiley |
a small icon placed in an email or text message that is made of punctuation characters and letters that together suggest a facial expression, often a happy smiling expression but not always. A smiley is used to convey the mood of the writer. A smiley may also be a small cartoon image of a face, typically yellow with dark features. |
| text |
the words that appear in anything written or printed. [5 definitions] |
| text message |
a short message typed on the keypad of a cell phone and sent to another cell phone; text. [3 definitions] |
| word processing |
Word processing is what a computer does when it creates text from the things you type on your computer keyboard. A program for word processing allows words to appear on the screen and also lets you do things like cut and paste pieces of text, delete things you don't want, and decide things like how large you want your letters to look. |