ETYM Latin, that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. French éditeur.
A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication.
1. A firm in the publishing business; SYN. publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company.
2. A person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music.
3. The proprietor of a newspaper.
A program that creates files or makes changes to existing files. An editor is usually less powerful than a word processor, lacking the latter’s capability for text formatting, such as use of italics. Text or full-screen editors allow the user to move through the document using direction arrows. In contrast, line editors require the user to indicate the line number on which text is to be edited. See also Edlin.
Celui qui fait imprimer l'ouvrage d'autrui en prenant le risque qu'il n'ait aucun succès.