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Noun

1. 1
   (computer science) a standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents; a set of rules for using whatever markup vocabulary is adopted wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of Standard Generalized Markup Language. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

   "[…] a navigator pane can be established using either markup from the stylesheet or the hierarchical SGML file structure."

Synonyms

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standard generalized markup languagestandard generalized markup language

Antonyms

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mif

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"Does SGML stand for "standard generalized markup language"?"

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