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WYSIWYG en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈwɪz.iˌwɪɡ/
  • /ˈwɪz.ə.wɪɡ/

Etymology

Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s.

Meanings

  1. A type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image.
    • WYSIWYGs are helpful tools in that they enable you to create pages much more quickly 2003, James H. Pence, How to Do Everything with HTML & XHTML, page 132:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
WYSIWYGs Number=Plur lexicographic
Wysiwyg alternative lexicographic
wysiwyg alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

WYSIATI · WYSIWYM

Translations (11)

pl WYSIWYG (a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image) · fi WYSIWYG (a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image) · hu WYSIWYG (a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image) · tr WYSIWYG (a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image) · de wirklichkeitsgetreue Darstellung auf dem Bildschirm (a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image) · ru что ви́дишь, то и полу́чишь (a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image) · ru WYSIWYG (a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image) · ro ceea ce vezi e ceea ce vei obține (a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image) · cmn 所見即所得 /所见即所得 (a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image) · pt o que você vê é o que você tem (a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image) · de WYSIWYG (a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image)

wikipedia: Xerox PARC

WYSIWYG en · X

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈwɪz.iˌwɪɡ/
  • /ˈwɪz.ə.wɪɡ/

Etymology

Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of) Acronym of what you see is what you get.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wysiwyg alternative lexicographic
Wysiwyg alternative lexicographic

wikipedia: Xerox PARC