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WYSIWYG

See also: Wysiwyg

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Etymology edit

Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪz.iˌwɪɡ/, /ˈwɪz.ə.wɪɡ/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Phrase edit

WYSIWYG

  1. Acronym of what you see is what you get.

Noun edit

WYSIWYG (plural WYSIWYGs)

  1. (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

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  1. ^ John Markoff (2004 March 16) “John W. Seybold, 88, Innovator in Printing”, in The New York Times‎[1], →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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