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The size of a book is generally measured by the height against the width of a leaf, or sometimes the height and width of its cover. [2] A series of terms is commonly used by libraries and publishers for the general sizes of modern books, ranging from folio (the largest), to quarto (smaller) and octavo (still smaller).
It is a transitional size with the shorter side of ISO A4 (210 mm, 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 inch) and the longer side of British Foolscap (13-inch, 330 mm). ISO A4 is exactly 90% the height of F4. This size is sometimes also known as (metric) 'foolscap' or 'folio'. In some countries, the narrow side of F4 is slightly broader: 8.5 inches (216 mm) or 215 mm.
The earliest form of notebook was the wax tablet, which was used as a reusable and portable writing surface in classical antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages. [1] As paper became more readily available in European countries from the 11th century onwards, wax tablets gradually fell out of use, although they remained relatively common in England, which did not possess a commercially ...
A "thick" notebook (Russian: общая тетрадь, general-use notebook) with more than 24 sheets and up to 96 sheets, having width at least 144 mm and height no more than 297 mm (same height as A4 paper size). These notebooks are intended for usage in middle and high school for tasks like lesson notes, long-term projects, essays ...
Front cover contents may usually be: For novels, the novel title in large letters, author name, tagline and symbol of publisher (in corner) Back cover (also called 'lower cover') contents may usually be: For novels, a back cover text or teaser that gives a hint of the story in an attractive way. A picture of the writer. A summary
An average late-1990s notebook 2001 SA-1110 @ 206: SIMpad: 2001 Intel Mobile Pentium III-M @ 1.2 Dell Precision M40: One of the world's first mobile workstation notebooks 2002 Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.4 Alienware Area 51-M: An early example of a gaming laptop: high performance desktop components in a notebook 2003 Intel Pentium M @ 1.7 IBM ThinkPad R50p
A laptop computer or notebook computer, also known as a laptop or notebook, is a small, portable personal computer (PC). Laptops typically have a clamshell form factor with a flat-panel screen on the inside of the upper lid and an alphanumeric keyboard and pointing device on the inside of the lower lid.
Since most digital hardware devices use dots or pixels, the size of the media (in inches) and the number of pixels (or dots) are directly related by the 'pixels per inch'. The following formula gives the number of pixels, horizontally or vertically, given the physical size of a format and the pixels per inch of the output: