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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Word of the Day

5 June 2025

UNDERLAY

(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”


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