standard generalized markup language

Definitions of standard generalized markup language
  1. noun
    (computer science) a standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents; a set of rules for using whatever markup vocabulary is adopted
    synonyms: SGML
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    type of:
    markup language
    a set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a document
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