TERMIUM Plus®

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COMPOSITION SYSTEM [2 records]

Record 1 1998-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Electronic Publishing
DEF

A machine used for typesetting, e.g. hot metal typesetter, phototypesetter, CRT or laser imagesetter.

OBS

Typesetting: the assembling of typographic material such as type, illustrations and other elements into the final page format for printing or incorporating into a printing plate.

Key term(s)
  • composition system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Éditique
DEF

Machine à composer les textes, p. ex., composeuse-fondeuse, photocomposeuse, composeuse à tube cathodique ou composeuse laser.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation

Spanish

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