{"id":10183,"date":"2013-01-15T16:14:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T16:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/treeware\/"},"modified":"2013-01-16T08:15:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T08:15:42","slug":"treeware","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/23836\/treeware","title":{"rendered":"Treeware"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_treeware_mean\">What Does Treeware Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Treeware refers to any documentation, manual, text or diagrams that are printed on standard physical paper rather than published in a digital format. Treeware includes all print material produced on paper created from trees. It is used by technology practitioners to separate it from electronic\/digital publishing.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_treeware\">Techopedia Explains Treeware<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This term is often attributed to American author and online writer John Scalzi. 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