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What (who) is nroff - definition

TYPESETTING LANGUAGE

nroff         
/N'rof/ [Unix, from "new roff"] A text formatting language and interpreter, companion to the Unix typesetter troff, accepting identical input but preparing output for terminals and line printers. See also groff. [Jargon File]
NROFF         
New Run-OFF (Reference: Unix)

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Nroff

nroff (short for "new roff") is a text-formatting program on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows. It is an integral part of the Unix help system, being used to format man pages for display.

nroff and the related troff were both developed from the original roff. While nroff was intended to produce output on terminals and line printers, troff was intended to produce output on typesetting systems. Both used the same underlying markup and a single source file could normally be used by nroff or troff without change.