WYSIWYG

What You See Is What You Get Display and software technology which shows on the computer screen exactly what will print. Often requires a large, high-density monitor.

What You See Is What You Get. Usually used when something that appears on the screen matches how it will eventually look, like Perl's format declarations. Also used to mean the opposite of magic because everything works exactly as it appears, as in the three-argument form of open.

(Pronounced "wizzy-wig.") Abbreviation for "what you see is what you get;" A descriptive designation for a form of visual display or graphical user interface (gui) that shows (on the screen) the actual appearance of a document being processed. [After Bahorsky]