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post·script (pōst'skrĭpt', pōs'skrĭpt')  |
[Medieval Latin *postscrīptum, from neuter past participle of Latin postscrībere, to write after : post-, post- + scrībere, to write.]
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A graphical command language for output devices such as laser printers. Many application programs are designed so that they send PostScript code to the printer, which directs the printer to print text and graphics-provided that the printer is PostScript-compatible.
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When he wrote a letter, he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a by-matter.
— Francis Bacon, Sr. (1561-1626)
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A postscript, abbreviated P.S., is writing added after the main body of a letter (or other body of writing). The term comes from the Latin post scriptum, an expression meaning "written after"[1][2] (which may be interpreted in the sense of "that which comes after the writing").
A postscript may be a sentence, a paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, often hastily and incidentally, after the signature of a letter or (sometimes) the main body of an essay or book. In a book or essay, a more carefully-composed addition (e.g., for a second edition) is called an afterword. An afterword, not usually called a postscript, is written in response to critical remarks on the first edition. The word "postscript" has, poetically, been used to refer to any sort of addendum to some main work, even if not attached to a main work, as in Søren Kierkegaard's book titled Concluding Unscientific Postscript.
Sometimes, when additional points are made after the first postscript, abbreviations such as PPS (post-postscript) and PPPS (post-post-postscript) are used, though only PPS has somewhat common usage.
The Oxford English Dictionary lists PS as the correct abbreviation.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - efterskrift
Nederlands (Dutch)
postscriptum, naschrift
Français (French)
n. - post-scriptum, postface, (fig) suite
Deutsch (German)
n. - Postskript, Nachtrag
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υστερόγραφο
Português (Portuguese)
n. - pós-escrito (m)
Русский (Russian)
постскриптум
Español (Spanish)
n. - nota final de un libro, post-scriptum
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - postskriptum, efterskrift
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
附言, 后记
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 附言, 後記
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) حاشيه, ذيل, ملحق
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תוספת למכתב, הערה נוספת, נ"ב
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