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WYSIWYG

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See also: wysiwyg and Wysiwyg

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Phrase

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WYSIWYG

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

Noun

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WYSIWYG (plural WYSIWYGs)

  1. (computing) A type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image.
    • 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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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ John Markoff (16 March 2004), “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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