WYSIWYG

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1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 2 == 2.1 Translation 2.2 External links

English

Etymology

Coined by John Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s.

Pronunciation

"wIzi%wIg or "wIz@%wIg

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WYSIWYG

1. Acronym from What you see is what you get, used in computing to indicate that the on-screen representation is identical to the printed version thereof.

Translation

• Chinese:
  • Computer science: 直接可視數據 (zhíjiē kějiàn shùjù) "Directly visible date"
  • Informal: 所見即所得 (suǒ jìan wéi suǒ dé) "All that seen is is all that gotten"
• Hebrew: מה שאתה רואה זה מה שאתה מקבל (Informal, there is no formal translation)
• Romanian: ceea ce vezi e ceea ce vei obţine

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