wysiwyg.html - acronym Also
written wysiwyg or (erroneously) wysiwig (Science and Technology) Short for what you see is what you geta slogan applied to
computer systems in which what appears on the screen exactly mirrors the eventual
output . Etymology: The initial letters of What You See Is What You Get. History and Usage: A feature of advanced high-resolution VDU displays, WYSIWYG first appeared on the mass computing scene in the early eighties and became increasingly important as the desk-top publishing boom gained momentum in the middle of the
decade . True Wysiwig would show
bold , extended and italic characters...on the screen and the only way that will happen is with a very
high resolution display (which in turn will normally require a graphics card). Daily Telegraph 8 Oct. 1990, p. 27