markup language

noun Digital Technology.

a set of standards, as HTML or SGML, used to create an appropriate markup scheme for an electronic document, as to indicate its structure or format.

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Science definitions for markup language

markup language

[ märk′ŭp′ ]

A coding system, such as HTML and SGML, used to structure, index, and link computer files.

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