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markup


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  markup 
  n  1:  the  amount  added  to  the  cost  to  determine  the  asking  price 
  2:  detailed  stylistic  instructions  for  typesetting  something 
  that  is  to  be  printed;  manual  markup  is  usually  written  on 
  the  copy  (e.g.  underlining  words  that  are  to  be  set  in 
  italics) 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  markup 
 
    In  computerised  document  preparation,  a  method  of 
  adding  information  to  the  text  indicating  the  logical 
  components  of  a  document,  or  instructions  for  layout  of  the 
  text  on  the  page  or  other  information  which  can  be  interpreted 
  by  some  automatic  system. 
 
  For  example,  the  source  of  {this  dictionary}  is  marked  up  by 
  enclosing  cross-references  in  curly  braces  which  are 
  significant  to  the  {World-Wide  Web}  server  software. 
 
  (1995-03-30) 
 
 




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