Markup

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  markup \markup\ n.
     1. (Commerce) The amount added to the cost to determine the
        asking price.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. (printing) Instructions for the typesetter that are


        written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be
        set in italics).
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. (Legislation) Changes in proposed legislation drafted in
        conference, as contrasted with changes resulting from the
        amendment process.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  markup
       n 1: the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price
       2: detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something
          that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on
          the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in
          italics)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  markup
       
           In computerised document preparation, a method of
          adding information to the text indicating the logical
          components of a document, or instructions for layout of the
          text on the page or other information which can be interpreted
          by some automatic system.
       
          For example, the source of {this dictionary} is marked up by
          enclosing cross-references in curly braces which are
          significant to the {World-Wide Web} server software.
       
          (1995-03-30)