wikitext

English

Etymology

    From wiki + text.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈwɪ.kiˌtɛkst/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɪkitɛkst
    • Hyphenation: wi‧ki‧text

    Noun

    wikitext (uncountable)

    1. (computer languages, wiki jargon) A lightweight markup language used to format and structure pages in wikis.
      Synonyms: wikicode, wiki markup
      • 2011, Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence III, page 106:
        It is also possible to extend the wikitext with explicit semantic information encoded with the use of RDF […]
    2. (wiki jargon) Content that has been marked up with such a language.
      • 2010, Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra, Quality and Communicability for Interactive Hypermedia Systems:
        This latter format, called wikitext, is written by means of a simplified markup language and its style and syntax vary, depending on the different implementations.

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