XML

eXtensible Markup Language: a simplified version of SGML that can be used, esp. on the World Wide Web, to create a tagging scheme that allows elements of a document to be marked according to their content rather than their format.

[1995-2000]

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XML (computing)

abbrev

Extensible mark-up language

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XML UK [ˌeks em ˈel] US noun [uncountable] computing

Extensible Mark-up Language: a mark-up language that allows information to be shared between different computer systems, especially on the Internet http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/xml.htm

Thesaurus: programming and programming languages_hyponym abbreviations used in computing and on the internet_hyponym

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abbr. Extensible Markup Language, a metalanguage that allows users to define their own customized markup languages, especially in order to display documents on the World Wide Web

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/ˌɛksˌɛmˈɛl/ noun [noncount]

: a computer language that is used to clearly mark and organize the different parts of a document so that it can be read on different computer systems

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XML 7 [XML] [ˌeks em ˈel] [ˌeks em ˈel] abbreviation (computing)

Extensible Mark-up Language (a system used for marking the structure of text on a computer, for example when creating website pages)