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Extensible Markup Language

Extensible Markup Language proper noun: a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form by using markup tags that each set of users (such as an organization or several interoperating organizations) can define for themselves via a custom DTD or schema.

Proper noun

Extensible Markup Language

  1. A set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form by using markup tags that each set of users (such as an organization or several interoperating organizations) can define for themselves via a custom DTD or schema.

Questions about Extensible Markup Language

What does Extensible Markup Language mean?
Extensible Markup Language means a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form by using markup tags that each set of users (such as an organization or several interoperating organizations) can define for themselves via a custom DTD or schema.
What part of speech is Extensible Markup Language?
Extensible Markup Language is a proper noun.

Words near Extensible Markup Language in the dictionary

  1. extense
  2. extenses
  3. extensibilities
  4. extensibility
  5. extensible
  6. Extensible Markup Language
  7. extensibleness
  8. extensibly
  9. extensification
  10. extensifications
  11. extensified

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