authoring

[aw-ther-ing]

au·thor·ing

[aw-ther-ing]
noun Computers.
the writing of an electronic document or software program, especially a hypertext or multimedia application (often used attributively): the best authoring tools for creating your own Web site.
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au·thor

[aw-ther]
noun
1.
a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
2.
the literary production or productions of a writer: to find a passage in an author.
3.
the maker of anything; creator; originator: the author of a new tax plan.
4.
Computers. the writer of a software program, especially a hypertext or multimedia application.
verb (used with object)
5.
to write; be the author of: He authored a history of the Civil War.
6.
to originate; create a design for: She authored a new system for teaching chemistry.

Origin:
1250–1300; earlier auct(h)or < Latin auctor writer, progenitor, equivalent to aug(ēre) to increase, augment + -tor -tor; replacing Middle English auto(u)r < Anglo-French, for Old French autor < Latin, as above

au·tho·ri·al [aw-thawr-ee-uhl, aw-thohr-] , adjective
au·thor·less, adjective
mul·ti·au·thored, adjective
pro·au·thor, adjective
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authoring (ˈɔːθərɪŋ)
 
n
computing
 a.  the creation of documents, esp multimedia documents
 b.  (as modifier): an authoring tool

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authoring definition

hypertext
Creating a hypertext or hypermedia document.
(1994-11-07)

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