"WYSIWYG" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪz.iˌwɪɡ/, /ˈwɪz.ə.wɪɡ/ Audio: En-us-WYSIWYG.oga [US] Forms: WYSIWYGs [plural]
Etymology: Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Q6262540|nobycat=1}} Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: WYSIATI, WYSIWYM Translations (computer program that allows editing on screen what the printed version would be like): 所見即所得 (Chinese Mandarin), 所见即所得 (suǒjiàn jí suǒdé) (Chinese Mandarin), WYSIWYG (Finnish), WYSIWYG (German), wirklichkeitsgetreue Darstellung auf dem Bildschirm (German), WYSIWYG (Hungarian), o que você vê é o que você tem (Portuguese), ceea ce vezi e ceea ce vei obține (Romanian), что ви́дишь, то и полу́чишь (što vídišʹ, to i polúčišʹ) (Russian), WYSIWYG (Russian), WYSIWYG (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-WYSIWYG-en-noun-Lbxac6aJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Wysiwyg, wysiwyg

Phrase [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪz.iˌwɪɡ/, /ˈwɪz.ə.wɪɡ/ Audio: En-us-WYSIWYG.oga [US]
Etymology: Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Q6262540|nobycat=1}} Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} WYSIWYG
  1. Acronym of what you see is what you get. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: what you see is what you get
    Sense id: en-WYSIWYG-en-phrase-UdMsJGqR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Wysiwyg, wysiwyg

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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