WYSIWYG
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Etymology
Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s.[1]
Pronunciation
Phrase
WYSIWYG
- Acronym of what you see is what you get.
Noun
WYSIWYG (plural WYSIWYGs)
- (computing) Software that allows editing on screen what the printed version would be like; software with a what-you-see-is-what-you-get display interface.
- 2003, James H. Pence, How to Do Everything with HTML & XHTML, page 132:
- WYSIWYGs are helpful tools in that they enable you to create pages much more quickly
Translations
computer program that allows editing on screen what the printed version would be like
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Derived terms
References
- John Markoff (2004 March 16) “John W. Seybold, 88, Innovator in Printing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN: “It was Mr. Seybold, according to his son Andrew, who first used what you see is what you get in reference to computerized word processing, after watching The Flip Wilson Show on which Mr. Wilson used the phrase to describe his female character Geraldine.”
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