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WYCIWYG

WYCIWYG phrase: what you cache is what you get: A URI scheme specific to the Mozilla family of web browsers which indicates that a link should be preferentially fetched from cache instead of from the web server.

Phrase

WYCIWYG

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, acronym) What you cache is what you get: A URI scheme specific to the Mozilla family of web browsers which indicates that a link should be preferentially fetched from cache instead of from the web server.
  2. (abbreviation, acronym) What you choose is what you get.

Origin of WYCIWYG

Modelled on WYSIWYG.

Questions about WYCIWYG

What does WYCIWYG mean?
WYCIWYG means what you cache is what you get: A URI scheme specific to the Mozilla family of web browsers which indicates that a link should be preferentially fetched from cache instead of from the web server.
What part of speech is WYCIWYG?
WYCIWYG is a phrase.

Words near WYCIWYG in the dictionary

  1. wyches
  2. Wychitella
  3. Wychitella North
  4. Wychnor
  5. Wychwood
  6. WYCIWYG
  7. Wyckoff
  8. Wyckoffs
  9. Wyclef
  10. Wycliffe
  11. Wycliffe with Thorpe

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