style sheet

Definitions

General Science

  • noun a template that can be formatted in advance to generate automatically the style or layout of a

    document

    such as a manual or a newsletter

Computing

  • noun a template which can be

    preformatted

    to

    generate

    automatically the

    style

    or

    layout

    of a

    document

    such as a manual, book, or newsletter

Electronics

  • A predefined

    layout

    which serves as the basis for a

    document

    , such as a monthly report prepared utilizing a

    word processing

    application, or that composing a

    Web page

    . A style sheet specifies parameters such as page size, margins, headers, footers, fonts, hyperlinks, and so on. Also called template (3).

Publishing

  • noun a printed sheet, listing all the rules of house style for a

    publishing company

    or for contributors to a magazine, which has to be followed by authors and editors
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