LINE

1. the shortest and most direct distance between two points or terminals. (FSO 137) 2. in reproduction, any part of the artwork that has no shades of grey-just black and white. (Dissem Advice Ltr 1 Apr 70, Magazine Layout and Pasteup) Line (Def. 2)

A fixed pattern of terminals who originate and receive or receive and relay orders and information in an organization. A line can be vertical such as a command line where authority and power of position increases the higher up one goes, or a line can be horizontal where each terminal on the line shares a similar status.

a course of action, procedure, thought, policy, etc. —Random House 2nd Unabridged Dictionary. (Machinery of the Mind Glossary) Final approval 15/11/89

see listing line in this glossary.a course of action, procedure, thought, policy, etc.a list of charged items found and the relationship between them in certain procedures dealing with goals (such as 3D Criss Cross).the route along which particles travel between one terminal and the next in an organization; a fixed pattern of terminals who originate and receive or receive and relay orders, information or other particles. A line can be vertical such as a command line where authority and power of position increases the higher up one goes, or a line can be horizontal where each terminal on the line shares a similar status. See also terminal in this glossary.(1) a route along which a particle travels between one terminal and the next in an organization; a fixed pattern of terminals who originate and receive or receive and relay orders, information or other particles. (2) a communication line, which is any sequence through which a message of any character may go.