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P0474500 (pōst′skrĭpt′) A trademark for a computer language for describing the appearance and layout of documents, used to print high-resolution text and graphics

post·script

P0474500 (pōst′skrĭpt′, pōs′skrĭpt′)n. Abbr. PS1. A message appended at the end of a letter after the writer's signature.2. Additional information appended to the manuscript, as of a book or article.

[Medieval Latin *postscrīptum, from neuter past participle of Latin postscrībere, to write after : post-, post- + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]

postscript

(ˈpəʊsˌskrɪpt; ˈpəʊst-) n1. a message added at the end of a letter, after the signature2. (Journalism & Publishing) any supplement, as to a document or book[C16: from Late Latin postscribere to write after, from post- + scribere to write]

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(ˈpoʊstˌskrɪpt, ˈpoʊs-)

n. 1. a paragraph, phrase, etc., added to a letter that has already been concluded and signed by the writer. 2. any addition or supplement, as one appended by a writer to a book. [1515–25; < Latin postscrīptum, neuter past participle of postscrībere to write after]

Post•Script

(ˈpoʊstˌskrɪpt) Trademark. a page description language using scalable fonts that can be printed on a variety of appropriately equipped devices, including laser printers and professional-quality imagesetters.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	postscript - a note appended to a letter after the signaturePSletter, missive - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"annotation, notation, note - a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"
	2.	postscript - textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the endaddendum, supplementmatter - written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"back matter, end matter - written matter following the main text of a bookappendix - supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a bookcontinuation, sequel - a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

postscript

noun P.S., addition, supplement, appendix, afterthought, afterword A brief, handwritten postscript lay beneath his signature.

Translations

信签名后的又及信签名后的附言再者附言

postscript

(ˈpəusskript) noun (often abbreviated to P.S.) a part added to a letter after the writer has signed it. （信签名后的）又及，再者，附言

PostScript

(language, text, graphics)A page description language basedon work originally done by John Gaffney at Evans andSutherland in 1976, evolving through "JaM" ("John and Martin",Martin Newell) at XEROX PARC, and finally implemented in itscurrent form by John Warnock et al. after he and Chuck Geschkefounded Adobe Systems, Inc. in 1982.

PostScript is an interpreted, stack-based language (likeFORTH). It was used as a page description language by theApple LaserWriter, and now many laser printers andon-screen graphics systems. Its primary application is todescribe the appearance of text, graphical shapes, and sampledimages on printed or displayed pages.

A program in PostScript can communicate a document descriptionfrom a composition system to a printing system in adevice-independent way.

PostScript is an unusually powerful printer language becauseit is a full programming language, rather than a series oflow-level escape sequences. (In this it parallels Emacs,which exploited a similar insight about editing tasks). It isalso noteworthy for implementing on-the fly rasterisation,from Bezier curve descriptions, of high-quality fonts atlow (e.g. 300 dpi) resolution (it was formerly believed thathand-tuned bitmap fonts were required for this task).

PostScript's combination of technical merits and widespreadavailability made it the language of choice for graphicaloutput until PDF appeared.

The Postscript point, 1/72 inch, is slightly different fromother point units.

An introduction.

["PostScript Language Reference Manual" ("The Red Book"),Adobe Systems, A-W 1985].

PostScript

The de facto standard page description language (PDL) in the graphics arts industry as well as in commercial printing. Developed by Adobe, many printers and most imagesetters support PostScript by having a built-in PostScript interpreter.

Printing on a PostScript Printer
When a document is printed on a PostScript printer, it is converted to a PostScript file directly from the graphics or page layout program or by the operating system's PostScript printer driver. The PostScript interpreter in the printer converts the text commands into the printer's machine language, which rasterizes the pages and prints them. See rasterize.

When documents are sent to a commercial printer, they are sent in their native page layout format, such as InDesign or QuarkXPress, or as PDF files. The printing house then converts the documents to PostScript.

PostScript and PDF
PostScript was designed as a language to direct the printer or imagesetter hardware. Although based on PostScript, PDF was designed for viewing and interacting with the documents. See PDF and Acrobat.

PostScript Levels
Adobe PostScript Level 2, introduced in 1990, added data compression and enhancements for color printing. Level 3 (1997) added more enhancements and native fonts and the ability to directly support more formats, including HTML, PDF, GIF and JPEG.

Encapsulated Postscript
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) is a subset of PostScript that is used to exchange graphics in the PostScript format. The graphics content may be any combination of vector and raster graphics as well as text. See EPS, Adobe Type Manager and PostScript fonts.

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noun a note appended to a letter after the signature

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noun textual matter that is added onto a publication

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