Glossary

Offset Printing

The transfer of an inked image from a plate to a blanket cylinder, which in turn transfers the image to the printing material as it passes between the blanket and the impression cylinder and pressure is applied. Also referred to as offset lithography.

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Open Directory Project

The Open Directory Project (ODP), also known as dmoz.The largest human edited directory on the internet. Google and thousands of other websites are using its data throughout the web.

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Open End Envelope

An envelope with an opening along its short dimension.

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Open Side Envelope

An envelope with an opening along its longest dimension.

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Open Source

An open source program has its source code distributed allowing programmers to alter and change the original software as much as they like.

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Open Text

A formerly large directory of businesses directory that is all but defunct now. Located at: http://www.opentext.com..

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Opt-In

To choose to participate in something.

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Opt-Out

choose not to do something.

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Optimization

the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.

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Out of Register / Off Register

When an image is not printing in the exact location that it is suppose to. When printing more than one color, if the colors do not line up properly, they are out of register.

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