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publisher

publisher

9 4.4
A program that sends messages to a channel so other programs receive them
  • noun
  • /ˈpʌblɪʃər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : publicador
  • In a publish/subscribe system, a publisher sends messages to a specific topic for subscribers to access.
  • Web publisher
  • publisher-produced standardized tests

Examples

  • One of Seemage's products, Publisher, can export information to other company software systems.

    Academic text (2006)

  • This application serves as a publisher, making it easier for developers to share updates with their clients.

  • Beginning in 2011, the library adopted two new practices that allowed for more publisher-generated covers to appear in the collection.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Ashcroft is Eric Eldred, a web publisher in New Hampshire who puts public domain books on the Internet.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Cost and usage statistics for all the e-books purchased through publisher packages were gathered, sorted, and compiled into two tables.

    Academic text (2015)

  • School psychologists had been trained in test administration through publisher workshop attendance, local in-service training, publisher consultation, and peer consultation.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Indeed, rumors abounded that they had approached publishers on this and had been universally rebuffed.

    Blog text (12)

  • A regular hyperlink implicates a browser, its DNS resolver, the publisher's DNS server, and the publisher's website.

    Blog text (19)

  • The software publisher released an update that improved the messaging service for users.

Synonyms

transmitter
vspublisher
4 4.4

A person who sends information to someone else

is an automated software service that posts messages to topics for subscribers

Compounds

magazine publisher
4 3.5

A company that makes and sells magazines for many readers

newspaper publisher
  • Literature
3 3.6

A person or company that makes and gives out newspapers

Surface Forms

publisher singular
publishers plural

Morphology

publisher = publish (transparent) = publish + er

The computing sense extends the agentive role to software components that 'publish' messages; the morphological relation is the same and remains clear.

Etymology

Publisher comes from the verb publish, which comes from the root public meaning 'open to everyone'. So in computing a publisher is a program or service that 'makes messages public' by sending them out so others can receive them.