What You Get Is What You See. Originally, a technology acronym that describes the trueness of a computer font is, and it means what you get (from your printer) is what you see (on your monitor).
The font looked great on my computer screen, but when I printed my file I was disappointed. It wasn’t WYGIWYS.
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An alternate version of WYSIWYG as popularised by Terry Pratchett.
An alternate version of WYSIWYG as popularised by Terry Pratchett.
Later on, the wizards wondered if the new universe might have been different if the Dean had waggled his fingers in a different way. Perhaps, within it, matter might have naturally formed itself into, say, garden furniture, or one giant nine-dimensional flower a trillion miles across. But Archchancellor Ridcully pointed out that this was not very useful thinking, because of the ancient principle of WYGIWYGAINGW.
-- Terry Pratchett (The Science of Discworld)
-- Terry Pratchett (The Science of Discworld)
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