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XML

XML is the initialism of Extensible Markup Language.

Meaning of Extensible Markup Language

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.

Words formed from XML

Phrases with XML

Questions about XML

What is XML the initialism of?
XML is the initialism of Extensible Markup Language.

Words near XML in the dictionary

  1. xmissions
  2. xmit
  3. xmits
  4. xmitted
  5. xmitting
  6. XML
  7. XML bomb
  8. XML bombs
  9. XML Path Language
  10. XML tree
  11. XML trees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: XML (page history and authors); Extensible Markup Language (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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