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WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG
(adjective) relating to or being a word processing system that prints the text exactly as it appears on the computer screen
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Coined by John Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s.
Phrase
WYSIWYG
(acronym) 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.
Phrase
Wysiwyg
Alternative letter-case form of WYSIWYG
Source: Wiktionary
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