Contribution

Contribution

n. Any worthwhile suggestion or nomination of informational content to the GLOSSARY. Contributions might include, but not be limited to:

• TERMS
• Definitions
• Usage
• Notes
• Tips
• PHOTOGRAPHS
• Illustrations
• How-To Procedures
• Reference information
• Etc., etc.

In other words, just about anything on-topic, such as you see throughout the GLOSSARY, would be appreciated.

PDF

PDF

n. “Portable Document Format,” a cross-platform standard electronic document format established by Adobe Software Inc. that functions somewhat like “digital paper,” allowing electronic documents to be viewed and printed in a consistent, fixed format across various computers and printers using a free, downloadable application called Adobe® Reader®.

NOTE: The main idea of a PDF is that everyone sees the same thing. Web pages may vary in appearance from one computer to another, because the web is a dynamic format. Things can move around, and fonts may vary, etc. Just resize your window to see why dynamic text is good! ...most of the time.

But, when printing, you'd like a “printer friendly” version, where layout and fonts and everything else is assured to be as the AUTHOR intended. With a PDF, everything “stays put.”

So, the good news: PDF versions of these pages are available! (Yea!)

The bad news: Google (who owns Blogger, etc., where this web site is hosted) doesn't yet have open sharing of stored PDF documents. (Boo-oo.)

So be it.

I've got PDFs, and you can get them for free, but to do so you have to CONTACT me and send me a valid email address so I can enroll you as a registered viewer of my stored PDFs.

At least for the time being, that's just how it works.

(And by the way—Scout's honor, cross my heart, and all that—without your explicit permission, that's all I'll ever do with your email address: just enroll you and enable you to view and download (and thus print out) nicely formatted PDF versions of these pages.)

For more information about PDFs and Adobe® Reader®, see:
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WebLink

WebLink

n. 1. A contraction of “Web Link.” That is, a web browser LINK that, when clicked on, will take you out of the GLOSSARY, to another website altogether. 2. A KEYWORD category for gathering and enumerating GLOSSARY ENTRIES containing any such links: ~c:weblink.

NOTE: It should (but obviously won't) go without saying that no endorsement, affiliation, opinion, or any other relationship whatsoever is intended, expressed, or implied by the presence or absence of a WebLink on these pages.

Any and all such WebLinks are included herein simply in the hope they might supply you with additional relevant, interesting and/or useful information. That's all. By no means do we attempt to give the last and definitive word on anything. And that includes WebLinks. Feel free to use Google or any other search engines or methods you like to supplement and improve the quality of your visit.

That said, if you happen to know of or find a WebLink that you think is particularly relevant, please let us know! See CONTRIBUTION.