weblication

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Blend of Web +‎ publication

Noun

weblication (countable and uncountable, plural weblications)

1. The act of publishing on the World Wide Web; a publication on the web.
   • 1997 March, David Atherton, David Steffen, Sinai Yarus, “Scientific publishing : Paper or perish”, in Science Tribune:

     Weblication is used in this article to describe any dissemination of information which occurs primarily via the Internet or World Wide Web. While weblications may be downloaded to local computers or magnetic media and/or printed onto paper by individual readers, this is secondary to their initial distribution.

   • 2000 J.Q. Johnson, "Weblication & Future Publication," email posted to WEB4LIB list, 6 May 2000.

     My own feeling is that the clear trend is towards less restriction on prior informal sharing of research results, and the inclusion of unreferreed^[sic] weblication as something allowed by more and more journals.

   • 2013, "Weblication," Combination: Innovate your language

     weblication : A publication that is first published on the internet (web).

2. A platform for publication on the WWW
   • 2013, "Weblication," Urban Dictionary

     An online transmedia platform, that includes professional journals, podcasts, news briefs, image galleries, and features, that reflect specific expertise.

Etymology 2

Blend of Web +‎ application

Noun

weblication (plural weblications)

1. (neologism) A computer application served on the World Wide Web.

   Synonyms: web app, web application

   • 2007, Norshuhada Shiratuddin, Zanariah Idrus, Web Form Design Checklist Based on the Three-Layer Model‎^[1]:

     The rapid growth of weblications—application-oriented software delivered as a service over the Web—has revealed a lack of effective guidelines for their design and implementation

   • 2012, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Manual of Style, Pearson Education:

     weblication : Jargon for "web application." Do not use. It could be confused with "web publication."

Translations

web application — see web application