3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  WYSIWYG  /wiz'ee-wig/  adj  [Traced  to  Flip  Wilson's  Geraldine" 
  character  c.1970]  Describes  a  user  interface  under  which  "What 
  You  See  Is  What  You  Get",  as  opposed  to  one  that  uses  more-or-less 
  obscure  commands  that  do  not  result  in  immediate  visual  feedback. 
  True  WYSIWYG  in  environments  supporting  multiple  fonts  or  graphics  is 
  a  a  rarely-attained  ideal;  there  are  variants  of  this  term  to  express 
  real-world  manifestations  including  WYSIAWYG  (What  You  See  Is  _Almost_ 
  What  You  Get)  and  WYSIMOLWYG  (What  You  See  Is  More  or  Less  What  You  Get). 
  All  these  can  be  mildly  derogatory,  as  they  are  often  used  to  refer 
  to  dumbed-down  {user-friendly}  interfaces  targeted  at  non-programmers; 
  a  hacker  has  no  fear  of  obscure  commands  (compare  {WYSIAYG}).  On  the 
  other  hand,  {EMACS}  was  one  of  the  very  first  WYSIWYG  editors,  replacing 
  (actually,  at  first  overlaying)  the  extremely  obscure,  command-based 
  {TECO}.  See  also  {WIMP  environment}.  [Oddly  enough,  WYSIWYG  has  already 
  made  it  into  the  OED,  in  lower  case  yet  --ESR] 
 
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  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  WYSIWYG 
 
  {What  You  See  Is  What  You  Get} 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  WYSIWYG 
  What  You  See  Is  What  You  Get  (DTP) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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