1. PUBlishiNg. A 1972 text-formattiNg laNguage for TOPS-10, with syNtax based oNSAIL. 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.