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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to or being a word processing system that prints the text exactly as it appears on the computer screen;


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

WYSIWYG adj 1: relating to or being a word processing system that prints the text exactly as it appears on the computer screen
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get (DTP)
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

WYSIWYG /wiz'ee?wig/, /wiss?ee?wig/, adj. [Traced to Flip Wilson's ?Geraldine? character c.1970] Describes a user interface under which ?What You See Is What You Get?, as opposed to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not result in immediate visual feedback. True WYSIWYG in environments supporting multiple fonts or graphics is a rarely-attained ideal; there are variants of this term to express real-world manifestations including WYSIAWYG (What You See Is Almost What You Get) and WYSIMOLWYG (What You See Is More or Less What You Get). All these can be mildly derogatory, as they are often used to refer to dumbed-down user-friendly interfaces targeted at non-programmers; a hacker has no fear of obscure commands (compare WYSIAYG). On the other hand, EMACS was one of the very first WYSIWYG editors, replacing (actually, at first overlaying) the extremely obscure, command-based TECO . See also WIMP environment. [Oddly enough, WYSIWYG made it into the 1986 supplement to the OED, in lower case yet. ?ESR] X
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

What You See Is What You Get WYSIWYG WYSWYG (WYSIWYG) /wiz'ee-wig/ Describes a user interface for a document preparation system under which changes are represented by displaying a more-or-less accurate image of the way the document will finally appear, e.g. when printed. This is in contrast to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not result in immediate visual feedback. True WYSIWYG in environments supporting multiple fonts or graphics is rarely-attained; there are variants of this term to express real-world manifestations including WYSIAWYG (What You See Is *Almost* What You Get) and WYSIMOLWYG (What You See Is More or Less What You Get). All these can be mildly derogatory, as they are often used to refer to dumbed-down user-friendly interfaces targeted at non-programmers; a hacker has no fear of obscure commands (compare WYSIAYG). On the other hand, Emacs was one of the very first WYSIWYG editors, replacing (actually, at first overlaying) the extremely obscure, command-based TECO. See also WIMP. (1999-03-03)