authoring

[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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noun

a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.

the literary production or productions of a writer: to find a passage in an author.

the maker of anything; creator; originator: the author of a new tax plan.

Computers. the writer of a software program, especially a hypertext or multimedia application.

verb (used with object)

to write; be the author of: He authored a history of the Civil War.

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

Related forms

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

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