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Etymology
Short for What you see is what you get. Coined by w:John_W._Seybold|John Seybold and popularized at w:Xerox_PARC|Xerox PARC during the late 1970s.

Pronunciation
SAMPA|"wIzi%wIg or SAMPA|"wIz@%wIg
audio|Image:En-us-wysiwyg.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

#(acronym) computing A computer program which allows for editing a document in an on-screen representation which is identical to what the printed version thereof would look like.

Translations
Chinese:

• Computer science: ç�´æ�¥å�¯è¦�æ�¸æ�� (zhíjiÄ� kÄ�jiàn shùjù) "Directly visible date"
• Informal: æ��è¦�å�³æ��å¾� (suÇ� jìan wéi suÇ� dé) "All that seen is all that gotten"

German: WYSIWYG#German|WYSIWYG
Hebrew: �� ש�ת� ר��� �� �� ש�ת� �ק�� (Informal, there is no formal translation)
Romanian: ceea ce vezi e ceea ce vei obţine
Portuguese: O que você vê é o que você tem

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• 2007-08-05 15:59 - Thisis0 - /* Etymology */

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