distribution cost

n : any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or

distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc)

distribution

1. A software source tree packaged for

distribution; but see {kit}.

2. A vague term encompassing {mailing list}s and

{Usenet} {newsgroup}s (but not {BBS} {fora}); any

topic-oriented message channel with multiple recipients.

3. An information-space domain (usually loosely

correlated with geography) to which propagation of a {Usenet}

message is restricted; a much-underused feature.

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