Compare portable computer. The use of computers for simultaneous communication among geographically separated participants in a meeting. This communication may include input to and display from application programs as well as audio and video communication. See also data conferencing, teleconferencing, video conferencing. The use of a computer and specialized software to combine text and graphics to create a document that can be printed on either a laser printer or a typesetting machine.
Desktop publishing is a multiple-step process involving various types of software and equipment.
The original text and illustrations are generally produced with software such as word processors and drawing and painting programs and with photograph- scanning equipment and digitizers. The finished product is then transferred to a page-makeup program, which is the software most people think of as the actual desktop publishing software. As a final step, the finished document is printed either on a laser printer or, for the best quality, by typesetting equipment. The use of a personal computer to display video images. The video images may be recorded on video tape or on a laser disc or may be live footage from a video camera.