Technical Writing Glossary

A

• abstract noun in Technical Writing
• access key in Technical Writing
• Accessibility in Technical Writing
• Active Voice and Passive Voice in Technical Writing
• active voice in Technical Writing
• adjective in Technical Writing
• Adjectives in Technical Writing
• Adverb in Technical Writing
• AECMA Simplified English in Technical Writing
• Agile documentation in Technical Writing
• agile software development in Technical Writing
• API documentation in Technical Writing
• appendix in Technical Writing
• application documentation in Technical Writing
• AsciiDoc in Technical Writing
• ASD-STE100 in Technical Writing
• ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100) in Technical Writing
• aspect ratio in Technical Writing
• ATA Spec 100 in Technical Writing
• audience analysis in Technical Writing
• Audience Motivation in Technical Writing
• authoring assistance in Technical Writing
• authoring memory in Technical Writing
• Authoring tool. in Technical Writing
• automated language translation in Technical Writing
• automated translation in Technical Writing

B

• back matter in Technical Writing
• back-of-the-book index in Technical Writing
• Basic English in Technical Writing
• bibliography in Technical Writing
• Block Diagrams in Technical Writing
• blog in Technical Writing
• breadcrumb in Technical Writing
• browse sequence in Technical Writing
• bulleted list in Technical Writing
• Business Plans in Technical Writing
• Business Proposals in Technical Writing

C

• callout in Technical Writing
• Canadian binding in Technical Writing
• caption in Technical Writing
• Captions in Technical Writing
• Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) in Technical Writing
• Case study in Technical Writing
• CBT in Technical Writing
• CCMS in Technical Writing
• Charts in Technical Writing
• CHM Help in Technical Writing
• CMS in Technical Writing
• CNL (controlled natural language) in Technical Writing
• cognitive impairment in Technical Writing
• Collaboration in Technical Writing
• Color Blindness in Technical Writing
• Coloring in Technical Writing
• comb binding in Technical Writing
• Communicator in Technical Writing
• compiled HTML Help (CHM help) in Technical Writing
• component content management system (CCMS) in Technical Writing
• computer translation in Technical Writing
• computer-based training (CBT) in Technical Writing
• computer-generated translation in Technical Writing
• concordance in Technical Writing
• conditional text in Technical Writing
• Consistency in Technical Writing
• content developer in Technical Writing
• Content development in Technical Writing
• Content management in Technical Writing
• Content management system (CMS) in Technical Writing
• content strategist in Technical Writing
• Content strategy in Technical Writing
• contents list in Technical Writing
• context-sensitive help in Technical Writing
• context-sensitivity in Technical Writing
• controlled English in Technical Writing
• controlled language in Technical Writing
• controlled natural language (CNL) in Technical Writing
• controlled vocabulary in Technical Writing
• Cookbooks in Technical Writing
• cookie in Technical Writing
• Copyediting in Technical Writing
• copyright in Technical Writing
• copywriter in Technical Writing
• copywriting in Technical Writing
• crop (verb) in Technical Writing
• crop mark in Technical Writing
• cross-platform help in Technical Writing
• cross-reference in Technical Writing
• CSS in Technical Writing

D

• DAISY in Technical Writing
• Darwin Information Typing-Architecture in Technical Writing
• definition list in Technical Writing
• demonstrative adjective in Technical Writing
• demonstrative pronoun in Technical Writing
• Design specification in Technical Writing
• desktop publishing (DTP) in Technical Writing
• Diagrams in Technical Writing
• Digital Accessible Information SYstem (DAISY) in Technical Writing
• digital communication in Technical Writing
• digital printing in Technical Writing
• DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) in Technical Writing
• DocBook in Technical Writing
• Document control in Technical Writing
• Document management in Technical Writing
• document management system in Technical Writing
• Document Specifications (Doc Specs) in Technical Writing
• documentalist in Technical Writing
• documentation in Technical Writing
• documentation plan in Technical Writing
• Documentation Plans in Technical Writing
• domain expert in Technical Writing
• Doxygen in Technical Writing
• DTD in Technical Writing
• DTP in Technical Writing

E

• e-help (ehelp) in Technical Writing
• e-learning in Technical Writing
• E-Mail in Technical Writing
• Easy Read in Technical Writing
• Easy-To-Read in Technical Writing
• EasyEnglish in Technical Writing
• Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS) in Technical Writing
• electronic publications in Technical Writing
• embedded help in Technical Writing
• embedded index in Technical Writing
• end matter in Technical Writing
• Extensible Markup Language in Technical Writing

F

• faceted search in Technical Writing
• FAQ in Technical Writing
• Feasibility study in Technical Writing
• figure in Technical Writing
• FlashHelp in Technical Writing
• Fluffy Phrases in Technical Writing
• font in Technical Writing
• Fonts and Typography in Technical Writing
• footer in Technical Writing
• Formatting guidelines in Technical Writing
• front matter in Technical Writing

G

• ghost-writer in Technical Writing
• Global English in Technical Writing
• globalization in Technical Writing
• Globish in Technical Writing
• Glossary in Technical Writing
• graphic in Technical Writing
• Graphics guidelines in Technical Writing
• Graphics in Technical Writing
• Graphs in Technical Writing
• guided authoring in Technical Writing

H

• hard copy in Technical Writing
• Hardware documentation in Technical Writing
• Harvard comma in Technical Writing
• HAT in Technical Writing
• header in Technical Writing
• Help (Help file, Help screen) in Technical Writing
• help authoring tool (HAT) in Technical Writing
• High-Level Technical Specs in Technical Writing
• hot spot in Technical Writing
• house style in Technical Writing
• hyperlink in Technical Writing
• hypermedia in Technical Writing
• hypertext media in Technical Writing

I

• i18n in Technical Writing
• icon in Technical Writing
• Icons in Technical Writing
• idiom in Technical Writing
• iiRDS in Technical Writing
• illustration in Technical Writing
• In-Sentence Lists in Technical Writing
• index (compared with concordance) in Technical Writing
• Index in Technical Writing
• info mapping in Technical Writing
• Infographics in Technical Writing
• Information architecture in Technical Writing
• Information design in Technical Writing
• information developer in Technical Writing
• Information Mapping in Technical Writing
• instant translation in Technical Writing
• Instruction manual in Technical Writing
• instructional design in Technical Writing
• instructions in Technical Writing
• interactive electronic technical manual (IETM) in Technical Writing
• Internal Planning Documents in Technical Writing
• international English in Technical Writing
• international reader in Technical Writing
• international technical English in Technical Writing
• internationalization in Technical Writing
• internationalized English in Technical Writing
• ISO/IEC 18019:2004 in Technical Writing
• ISO/IEC 26514:2008 in Technical Writing
• ISTC in Technical Writing

J

• jargon in Technical Writing
• Javadoc in Technical Writing
• JavaHelp in Technical Writing
• Jenkins in Technical Writing
• just-in-time printing in Technical Writing

K

• keyword (or key word) in Technical Writing
• knowledge acquisition in Technical Writing
• Knowledge base in Technical Writing
• knowledge elicitation in Technical Writing
• knowledge management (KM) in Technical Writing

L

• l10n in Technical Writing
• Lab Reports in Technical Writing
• LaTeX in Technical Writing
• Lay-flat binding in Technical Writing
• Layout in Technical Writing
• list of contents in Technical Writing
• Lists in Technical Writing
• litho printing in Technical Writing
• localization in Technical Writing
• Localization. in Technical Writing
• localize in Technical Writing
• locator in Technical Writing

M

• m-learning in Technical Writing
• machine translation (MT) in Technical Writing
• Maintenance manual in Technical Writing
• manual in Technical Writing
• Manual Style Guides in Technical Writing
• Manuals in Technical Writing
• marcomms in Technical Writing
• marketing communications (marcomms) in Technical Writing
• Medium and the Message in Technical Writing
• Metadata in Technical Writing
• minimalism, minimalist in Technical Writing
• mobile learning in Technical Writing
• Mockups in Technical Writing
• modular writing in Technical Writing
• moiré in Technical Writing
• MT in Technical Writing
• multimedia in Technical Writing

N

• Native Language in Technical Writing
• news feed in Technical Writing
• non-native reader in Technical Writing
• Nonverbal Manuals in Technical Writing
• noun in Technical Writing
• Nouns in Technical Writing
• numbered list in Technical Writing

O

• on-screen documentation in Technical Writing
• online documentation in Technical Writing
• Online help in Technical Writing
• Online Help: Overview in Technical Writing
• Operations manual in Technical Writing
• ordered list in Technical Writing
• Oxford comma in Technical Writing

P

• Paragraph Length in Technical Writing
• Paragraph Transitions in Technical Writing
• Paragraphs and Sections in Technical Writing
• Parenthetical Clauses in Technical Writing
• part of speech (POS) in Technical Writing
• passive voice in Technical Writing
• past participle in Technical Writing
• PDF (Portable Document Format) in Technical Writing
• Peer review in Technical Writing
• perfect binding in Technical Writing
• persona in Technical Writing
• phrasal verb in Technical Writing
• plain English in Technical Writing
• Plain language in Technical Writing
• pop-up help in Technical Writing
• pop-up window in Technical Writing
• Portable Document Format in Technical Writing
• post-editing in Technical Writing
• PowerPoint Presentations in Technical Writing
• pre-editing in Technical Writing
• preferred term in Technical Writing
• preliminary matter (prelims) in Technical Writing
• prepositional phrase in Technical Writing
• present perfect tense in Technical Writing
• print on demand (printing on demand) in Technical Writing
• printed documentation (printable documentation) in Technical Writing
• procedure in Technical Writing
• process in Technical Writing
• Pronouns in Technical Writing
• Proofreading in Technical Writing
• Prototypes in Technical Writing
• Punctuation. in Technical Writing

Q

• Quality assurance in Technical Writing
• QuikScan in Technical Writing

R

• raster graphic in Technical Writing
• Readability in Technical Writing
• Reference manual in Technical Writing
• Reference Manuals in Technical Writing
• regionalization in Technical Writing
• Release notes in Technical Writing
• restricted language in Technical Writing
• restricted natural language in Technical Writing
• restricted vocabulary in Technical Writing
• RSS feed (news feed) in Technical Writing
• rule-based writing in Technical Writing
• run-in list in Technical Writing
• running foot in Technical Writing
• running head in Technical Writing

S

• S1000D in Technical Writing
• saddle stitch in Technical Writing
• sans serif (compared with serif) in Technical Writing
• schema document in Technical Writing
• screen capture in Technical Writing
• screenshot in Technical Writing
• Screenshots in Technical Writing
• Scrum in Technical Writing
• SDK documentation in Technical Writing
• Search engine optimization (SEO) in Technical Writing
• Section 508 in Technical Writing
• Section transitions in Technical Writing
• Sections in Technical Writing
• sentence memory in Technical Writing
• Sentence Transitions in Technical Writing
• serial comma (Harvard comma, Oxford comma, series comma) in Technical Writing
• Series comma in Technical Writing
• serif in Technical Writing
• Service manual in Technical Writing
• Shading in Technical Writing
• simple past tense in Technical Writing
• simplified English in Technical Writing
• simplified technological English in Technical Writing
• Single sourcing in Technical Writing
• single-source publishing in Technical Writing
• single-sourcing in Technical Writing
• social media in Technical Writing
• Software documentation in Technical Writing
• Special English in Technical Writing
• Specialized English in Technical Writing
• split infinitive in Technical Writing
• standard operating procedure (SOP) in Technical Writing
• standard technical English in Technical Writing
• standardized English in Technical Writing
• STC in Technical Writing
• STE (Simplified Technical English) in Technical Writing
• STOP in Technical Writing
• structured authoring in Technical Writing
• structured content in Technical Writing
• structured writing (structured authoring, structured content) in Technical Writing
• Style guide in Technical Writing
• Style manual in Technical Writing
• style sheet in Technical Writing
• subject-matter expert (SME) in Technical Writing
• syntactic cue in Technical Writing

T

• Table of contents in Technical Writing
• Tables in Technical Writing
• tacit knowledge in Technical Writing
• task analysis in Technical Writing
• task-based documentation in Technical Writing
• TCUK in Technical Writing
• technical author in Technical Writing
• technical authoring in Technical Writing
• technical communication in Technical Writing
• Technical communicator in Technical Writing
• Technical documentation in Technical Writing
• Technical editing in Technical Writing
• Technical illustration in Technical Writing
• Technical Photography in Technical Writing
• Technical proposal in Technical Writing
• Technical report in Technical Writing
• technical simplified English in Technical Writing
• Technical translation in Technical Writing
• technical writer in Technical Writing
• Technical writing in Technical Writing
• template in Technical Writing
• term in Technical Writing
• termbase (terminology database) in Technical Writing
• terminology list in Technical Writing
• terminology management in Technical Writing
• Time Series in Technical Writing
• TM in Technical Writing
• topic in Technical Writing
• topic-based authoring in Technical Writing
• topic-based writing in Technical Writing
• training needs analysis (TNA) in Technical Writing
• translation automation in Technical Writing
• translation memory in Technical Writing
• translation memory system in Technical Writing
• Travis CI in Technical Writing
• tutorial in Technical Writing
• Tutorials in Technical Writing
• typeface in Technical Writing

U

• UA in Technical Writing
• UI in Technical Writing
• UI wireframes in Technical Writing
• unordered list in Technical Writing
• usability in Technical Writing
• Usability testing in Technical Writing
• user analysis in Technical Writing
• user assistance (UA) in Technical Writing
• User experience (UX) design in Technical Writing
• User guide in Technical Writing
• user instructions in Technical Writing
• user interface (UI) in Technical Writing
• User interface text in Technical Writing
• User manual in Technical Writing
• user story in Technical Writing

V

• vector graphic in Technical Writing
• verb in Technical Writing
• Verbs in Technical Writing
• Version control in Technical Writing
• vocabulary list in Technical Writing
• vocabulary management in Technical Writing

W

• Web Sites in Technical Writing
• WebHelp in Technical Writing
• White paper in Technical Writing
• white space in Technical Writing
• wiki in Technical Writing
• WinHelp in Technical Writing
• wire binding in Technical Writing
• word list in Technical Writing
• Words in Technical Writing
• worldwide English in Technical Writing

X

• XML (Extensible Markup Language) in Technical Writing
• XML schema in Technical Writing