But then Urbandictionary says that gloss is probably from glossary and that the glossary is the part of a book listing sources of information.

然而ur bandictionary在此给予的解释为：gloss很有可能源自glossary，且这个glossary意为书籍中列出信息来源出处的部分。

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The machine USES the metadata from the digital book listing in order to determine title, author, publisher, and other data specific to the book.

该机使用了数字图书上市的元数据，以确定书名，作者，出版者和其他数据具体到书。

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The book also includes an appendix with a listing of all U.S. presidents.

这本书还包含一个列有所有美国总统的附录。

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He says creating a plan for the structure of the book listing the main ideas makes writing much easier.

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