A way to add computer-understandable information to text files Certain parts of the text file are interpreted as markup instead of content This markup may contain instructions for the computer The interpretation of those instructions is defined by the semantics of a particular markup language HTML, MathML, and SMIL are examples of markup languages
Special characters embeded within a text file to instruct a computer program how to handle or display the contents of the file itself, HTML is a markup language
A language that has codes for indicating layout and styling (such as boldface, italics, paragraphs, placement of graphics, etc ) within a text file Widely used markup languages include SGML (Standard General Markup Language) and HTML (Hypertext Markup Language
A coding system, such as HTML and SGML, used to structure, index, and link text files. Standard text-encoding system consisting of a set of symbols inserted in a text document to control its structure, formatting, or the relationship among its parts. The most widely used markup languages are SGML, HTML, and XML. The markup symbols can be interpreted by a device (computer, printer, browser, etc.) to control how a document should look when printed or displayed on a monitor. A marked-up document thus contains two types of text: text to be displayed and markup language on how to display it
A formal set of special characters and related capabilities used to define a specific method for handling the display of files that include markup; HTML is a markup language that is an application of SGML and used to design and create Web pages
Surrounding text with beginning and ending tags, typically set off in angle brackets This is bold Translators must take care to leave the words in the tags alone Machine translation systems that are markup aware do not change tags, except for certain quoted material inside a tag's attrributes For example See markup languages like HTML, SGML, and XML
Code that is added to text to describe how that text should be treated (normally displayed) First generation markups included RUNOFF, TROFF, and Bookmaster; SGML (1985) is the predecessor of most current versions All WYSIWYG word processing and desktop publishing programs use markup, but with the exception of WordPerfect you're rarely allowed to see it
A system (as HTML or SGML) for marking or tagging a document that indicates its logical structure (as paragraphs) and gives instructions for its layout on the page for electronic transmission and display