weblication
The act of publishing on the World Wide Web; a publication on the web.
Noun
- The act of publishing on the World Wide Web; a publication on the web.
- Weblication is used in this article to describe any dissemination of information which occurs primarily via the Internet or World Wide Web. While weblications may be downloaded to local computers or magnetic media...
- 2000 J.Q. Johnson, "Weblication & Future Publication," email posted to WEB4LIB list, 6 May 2000. My own feeling is that the clear trend is towards less restriction on prior informal sharing of research results, and the...
- 2013, "Weblication," Combination: Innovate your language weblication : A publication that is first published on the internet (web).
- A platform for publication on the WWW
- 2013, "Weblication," Urban Dictionary An online transmedia platform, that includes professional journals, podcasts, news briefs, image galleries, and features, that reflect specific expertise.
Origin
Blend of Web + publication.
Forms
Noun neologism
- A computer application served on the World Wide Web.
- The rapid growth of weblications—application-oriented software delivered as a service over the Web—has revealed a lack of effective guidelines for their design and implementation - 2007, Norshuhada Shiratuddin, Zanariah...
- weblication : Jargon for "web application." Do not use. It could be confused with "web publication." - 2012, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Manual of Style, Pearson Education:
Synonyms: web app web application
Origin
Blend of Web + application.