wikitext

noun — 2 senses

wikitext

noun

UK, US /ˈwɪ.kiˌtɛkst/

Etymology From wiki + text.

1

A lightweight markup language used to format and structure pages in wikis.

  • It is also possible to extend the wikitext with explicit semantic information encoded with the use of RDF[…]2011, Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence III, page 106:
2

Content that has been marked up with such a language.

  • 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.2010, Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra, Quality and Communicability for Interactive Hypermedia Systems:
Related terms
Lua, Scribunto

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