SGML

(ĕs'jē-ĕm-ĕl')
n.
A standardized markup language for describing the logical structure of a computer document.

[S(tandard) G(eneralized) M(arkup) L(anguage).]

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(Standard Generalized Markup Language) An ISO standard for defining the format in a text document. Widely used in the publishing industry, an SGML document uses a separate Document Type Definition (DTD) file that defines the format codes, or tags, embedded within it. Since SGML describes its own formatting, it is known as a "meta-language." SGML is a very comprehensive language that also includes hypertext links. HTML is an SGML document that uses a fixed set of tags, while XML is a simplified version of SGML. See HTML, XML and DSSSL.

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• Software, Languages, and Programming - SGML: Standard Generalized Markup Language, a standard for marking and defining data descriptively to enable use on differing systems and platforms

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Dansk (Danish)
abbr. - SGML

Français (French)
abbr. - (abrév = standard generalized markup language) Langage normalisé de balisage généralisé

Deutsch (German)
abbr. - SGML (Programmiersprache)

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr. - (Η/Υ) τυποποιημένη γενική γλώσσα σήμανσης

Español (Spanish)
abbr. - lenguaje estandarizado y generalizado de marcado

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - SGML

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
标准通用标记语言

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - Standard Generalized Mark-up Language 之縮寫, 標準通用標記語言

한국어 (Korean)
abbr. - 일반화된 표준어

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اختصار) لغه برمجه خاصه للكومبيوتر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
abbr. - ‮צורת קידוד כללית לייצור חומר מודפס באופן אלקטרוני‬

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