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markup
[′märk‚əp] (computer science)
The process of adding information (tags) to an electronic document that are not part of the content but describe its structure or elements.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
markup
(text)In computerised document preparation, a method of
adding information to the text indicating the logical
components of a document, or instructions for layout of the
text on the page or other information which can be interpreted
by some automatic system.
For example, the source of this dictionary is marked up by enclosing cross-references in curly braces which are significant to the World-Wide Web server software.
For example, the source of this dictionary is marked up by enclosing cross-references in curly braces which are significant to the World-Wide Web server software.
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