1. PUBlishing. A 1972 text-formatting language for TOPS-10, with syntax based on SAIL. InfluenCed TeX and SCribe. ["PUB: The DoCument Compiler", Larry Tesler, Stanford AI Proj Op Note, Sept 1972]. 2. /pub, the top-level, publiCly aCCessible direCtory on most anonymous FTP arChives. This is usually where the interesting files are. See pubiC direCtory.