Definitions of wysiwyg [ˈwɪz iˌwɪg]

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Definition of 'wysiwyg'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) WYSIWYG
of, pertaining to, or being a computer screen display that shows text exactly as it will appear when printed.

Etymology: (1980–85; w(hat)y(ou)s(ee)i(s)w(hat)y(ou)g(et))

Definition of 'wysiwyg'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) WYSIWYG
relating to or being a word processing system that prints the text exactly as it appears on the computer screen

Definitions of 'wysiwyg'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. wysiwyg
[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 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 made it into the 1986 supplement to the OED, in lower case yet. —ESR]

Translation of 'wysiwyg'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: What You See Is What You Get (referring to what is seen on a computer screen and received in print).
Afrikaans: wusiwuk	Arabic: إخْتِصار للكَلِمات: ما تَ	Bulgarian: съкращение - каквото вижд
Brazilian: wysiwyg (o que você vê, é	Czech: vytiskne se to, co je na	German: wie gesehen, so erhalten
Danish: du får, hvad du ser	Greek: ό,τι βλέπεις παίρνεις (συ	Spanish: lo que ve es lo que obtie
Estonian: adekvaatesitus	Farsi: کلمه پرداز هایی که تصاوری	French: WYSIWYG
Hebrew: מָה שֶׁרוֹאִים, זֶה מָה ש	Hindi: तुम जो देखते हां वही पाते	Croatian: kratica za prikaz na moni
Hungarian: amit lát a képernyőn, azt	Indonesian: cetakan yang sama dengan	Japanese: 画面通りに印刷される方式
Korean: [컴퓨터] 위지위그(화면상으로 본 화상이 그대	Lithuanian: gauni tai, ką matai kompi	Latvian: (datortermins) ko redzat
Malay: Apa yang Kamu Lihat Itula	Dutch: WYSIWYG	Norwegian: det du ser er det du får
Polish: otrzymasz to co widzisz (	Persian: کلمه پرداز هایی که تصاوری	Pashto: ويزي ويګ
Russian: что видишь, то и имеешь	Slovak: (Vytlačí sa, čo vidíte na	Slovenian: kar vidiš, to dobiš
Serbian: što vidiš to će biti i od	Swedish: det som syns på skärmen ä	Thai: ตัวประมวลผลคำที่แสดงผลหน้
Turkish: gördüğün aldığındır	Taiwanese: 所見即所得	Ukrainian: режим повної відповідност
Urdu: جو تم دیکھتے ہو وہی ملتا	Vietnamese: thấy gì được nấy	Chinese: 所见即所得
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