• clearing

    book traders used to clear their payments at the book fairs in Frankfurt and Leipzig, then The Traders' Payment Clearing Company arose
  • clergy

    the collective body of ordained members within a holy order
  • client

    computer program that calls up services from another computer program via a server
  • client-server system

    network architecture for digital systems connecting several workstations to centrally provided services
  • CMYK colour space

    standardized colour space defined by the four print colours of cyan, magenta, yellow and black (key colour)
  • coat of arms

    a shield-shaped, coloured and well-defined badge of a person, house, institution or community
  • coated paper

    through the application of a compound comprising pigment and binding agent, paper is given a sealed surface suitable for printmaking
  • coating

    application of an adhesive layer (glossy or non-glossy) to one or both sides of a page used in making image printing or art print paper
  • code

    agreed system for how to convert individual orders and messages for a corresponding target system
  • code civil (Code Napoléon)

    French civil law that was brought into force in 1804 and gained influence in the states of the Confederation of the Rhine