Definitions for "Nroff"
A text formatting program which takes ASCII input files with imbedded formatting control words and prepares output suitable for a line-printer or dot matrix printer. The same commands can be interpreted to produce output for a typesetter or printer. See troff. The alternative to this program is .
front end to the nroff document formatting system
A typesetting utility originally designed to drive Teletype model 37 printing workstations. It now drives a wide variety of backspacing and non-backspacing tty-type line printers and tty-emulating printers.