Editor
WordNet
noun
(1) (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
(2) A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
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Etymology
From editionem ( editio) ‘a bringing forth, producing’, from stem of edere, ‘bring forth, produce’, from ex-, ‘out’ + -dere, combining form of dare, ‘to give’.
Noun
- A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
- A copy editor.
- A person who edited a specific document.
- John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
- A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish.
- John is the city editor at the Daily Times.
- A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
- A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
- The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.
- Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.