"EPUB" meaning in English

See EPUB in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: EPUBs [plural]
Etymology: * short for electronic publication Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} EPUB (countable and uncountable, plural EPUBs)
  1. (publishing) An electronic publishing standard designed to facilitate optimization of text across different devices Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Publishing
    Sense id: en-EPUB-en-noun-0gZinK6r Topics: media, publishing
  2. (publishing, computing) A file format based on this standard Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Publishing
    Sense id: en-EPUB-en-noun-ZRrS4hDc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 51 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 50 22 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, media, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, publishing, sciences
  3. A document encoded in EPUB format Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-EPUB-en-noun-RLsBH2Wy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ePub, epub

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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