Markup Language (Noun)
Meaning
A set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a document.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The author used a markup language to format the headings and paragraphs in her manuscript.
- HTML is a markup language commonly used for creating web pages.
- XML is a markup language that is widely used for data interchange between applications.
- The printer required the document to be formatted in a specific markup language to facilitate layout.
- The typesetter used a proprietary markup language to prepare the dictionary for publication.