PDF Last modified: Thursday, July 14, 2005
Short for Portable Document Format, a file format developed by Adobe Systems. PDF captures formatting information from a variety of desktop publishing applications, making it possible to send formatted documents and have them appear on the recipient's monitor or printer as they were intended. To view a file in PDF format, you need Adobe Reader, a free application distributed by Adobe Systems. Also see All About PDF Technology in Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" section.
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