Display PostScript

An extended form of PostScript permitting its interactive use with bitmap displays.

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Display PostScript

The graphics language used in the NeXT machine. It migrated to the Mac as of OS X in the form of Display PDF. Display PostScript is the screen counterpart of the PostScript printer language. It translates elementary commands in an application to graphics and text elements on screen. See Display PDF and graphics language.

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