Home › Entities › software_feature › WYSIWYG

WYSIWYG

software feature allowing content to be edited in an appearance similar to a finished product
Thing software_feature Q170542
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

WYSIWYG is a software feature[1]. WYSIWYG ranks in the top 7% of software feature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,498 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Opposite of: text editor[3]
  • Facet of: DTP system[4], word processor[5]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/wysiwyg[6]
  • Different from: WYSIWYM[7]

Why It Matters

WYSIWYG has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] WYSIWYG is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Galileo Galilei Macintosh 128K NeXTSTEP

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). WYSIWYG. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wysiwyg
MLA “WYSIWYG.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wysiwyg.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wysiwyg_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{WYSIWYG}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wysiwyg}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): WYSIWYG — https://4ort.xyz/entity/wysiwyg (retrieved 2026-10-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/wysiwyg · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1NiV4d
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 18w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → WYSIWYM
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → software feature
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Foldoc id: What+You+See+Is+What+You+Get, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/36ecd009bcfe7/|details]])"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.