WYSIWYG

[ wiz-ee-wig ]
/ ˈwɪz iˌwɪg /
Computers.

adjective

of, relating to, or noting a screen display that shows text exactly as it will appear in printed output, including underlining, various typefaces, as italics, line spacing, end-of-line breaks, and paragraph indentations.

noun

a WYSIWYG display: This program won't give you true WYSIWYG, but it does show boldface text and underlining.

Origin of WYSIWYG

w(hat) y(ou) s(ee) i(s) w(hat) y(ou) g(et)

British Dictionary definitions for wysiwyg

WYSIWYG
/ (ˈwɪzɪˌwɪɡ) /

n acronym for, adj acronym, acronym for computing

what you see is what you get: referring to what is displayed on the screen being the same as what will be printed out

Scientific definitions for wysiwyg

WYSIWYG
[ wĭz′ē-wĭg′ ]

Short for what you see is what you get. A word-processing or desktop publishing system in which text is displayed on a monitor exactly as it will be printed.