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Preferred term

PDF  

Definition

  • PDF – Portable Document Format – is a file format developed to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware and operating systems. Based on the PostScript language, each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, vector graphics, raster images and other information needed to display it. PDF was standardized as an open format and does not require any royalties for its implementation.

Entry terms

  • Portable Document Format

History note

  • ISO 32000-1

Identifier

  • PDF

Notation

  • application/pdf
  • application/pdf;type=pdf1x
  • .pdf
  • pdf

In other languages

  • PDF

    Estonian

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/file-type/PDF

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