markdown

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See also: mark down

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from mark down. The computing sense is a pun on markup (language).

Noun[edit]

markdown (plural markdowns)

  1. A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.

Proper noun[edit]

markdown

  1. (computing) Alternative letter-case form of Markdown, a lightweight markup language.
    • 2020, Antonio Melé, Django 3 By Example […] , 3rd edition, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 74:
      By using markdown, you can get other non-tech savvy contributors to easily write posts for your blog.
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