wysiwyg
(ˈwɪzɪwɪg)
Also WYSIWYG.
[Acronym (see quots. 1984).]
(See quots.)
| 1982 Byte Apr. 264/2 ‘What you see is what you get’ (or WYSIWYG) refers to the situation in which the display screen portrays an accurate rendition of the printed page. 1982 Economist 1 May 8 If he wishes to converse with computer buffs, he will have to cope with neologisms such as ‘wysiwyg’ (what you see is what you get), pronounced ‘whizziwig’. 1984 Sci. Amer. Sept. 54/3 Perhaps the most important principle is wysiwyg (‘What you see is what you get’): the image on the screen is always a faithful representation of the user's illusion. Ibid. 135/1 The resulting interface between the computer and the user would then fall into the class of interfaces known as wysiwyg, which stands for ‘What you see is what you get’. |