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SGML

A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | 287 words | Copyright

SGML Abbrev. for standard generalized mark-up language. An international standard metalanguage (ISO 8859) used for defining the syntax of textual mark-up languages. This enables both sender and receiver of the text to identify its structure (e.g. title, author, header, paragraph, etc.).

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