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WYSIWYG

/ˈwɪz.iˌwɪɡ/ · phrase

Meaning

  1. A type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of WYSIWYG.
  3. Acronym of what you see is what you get.

Etymology / origin

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

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