Dictionary Definition
announcement
Noun
1 a formal public statement; "the government made
an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of
independence" [syn: proclamation, annunciation, declaration]
2 a public statement about something that is
happening or going to happen; "the announcement appeared in the
local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English" [syn:
promulgation]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Synonyms
Translations
- Czech: oznámení
- Dutch: aankondiging
- Ewe: gbeƒãɖeɖe
- Finnish: ilmoitus
- French: annonce
- German: Ankündigung
- Greek: ανακοίνωση (1,2,3), αγγελτήριο (2)
- Hebrew: הודעה (hoda'a)
- Japanese: 発表 (happyō); お知らせ (oshirase)
- Portuguese: anúncio
- Korean: 발표 (balpyo)
References
- Webster 1913
- Dictionary.com
Extensive Definition
In computing, an Announcement (ANN) is a Usenet, Mailing
list, or E-mail message sent
to notify subscribers that a software project has made a new
software
release version. Newsgroup
announcement recipients often have a name like
"comp.somegroup.announce". Mailing list
announcement recipients often have a name like "toolname-announce".
Most software projects that make announcements are open
source.
In an announcement the subject line
commonly contains the abbreviated prefix ANN:.
The contents of an announcement usually contain a
title line which contains the tool name, version, release name, and
date. Additional contents often fall into the following message
sections:
- About - a short paragraph summary of the tool's purpose
- Changes - a list of the highest impact changes since the last release (should be brief since the changelog comprises the definitive list)
- Resources - links to project pages of interest, such as homepage, where to download, bug tracker, etc.
Some additional, optional fields might include
Highlights, Author(s), License, Requirements, and Release
History
Announcement messages are usually sent in
plain
text form.
Example
Example announcement message subject
line:
ANN: fooutils 0.9.42 beta released
Example announcement message contents:
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=
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= Fooutils 0.9.42 Beta Released -- 2006 Feb 16
=
=
=
=ANNOUNCING Fooutils v0.2.12beta, the first beta
release.
About Fooutils -------------- Fooutils are a set
of utilities that...
Changes ------- Improved the searching facility
by including... Fixed bugs: #123, #456, ...
Resources --------- Homepage: http://fooutils.org
Documentation: http://fooutils.org/docs
Download: http://fooutils.org/download
Bug Tracker: http://fooutils.org/newticket
Mailing Lists: http://lists.fooutils.org/
Try searching the newsgroup
comp.lang.python.announce to see examples of real-world
announcements.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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familiarization,
gen, general information,
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knowledge, light, manifesto, mention, message, notice, notification, position, position paper,
positive declaration, predicate, predication, presentation, proclamation, profession, program, programma, promotional
material, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proof, proposition, protest, protestation, public
notice, publication,
publicity, release, report, say, say-so, saying, sharing, sidelight, spot, stance, stand, statement, telling, the dope, the goods,
the know, the scoop, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, ukase, utterance, vouch, white book, white paper,
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