XML

abbreviation for

, Computers.

1. eXtensible Markup Language: a simplified version of SGML that can be used, especially 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.

XML

abbreviation for

1. extensible markup language: a computer language used in text formatting

XML

/ ĕks′ĕm-ĕl′ /

1. Short for extensible markup language . A version of SGML that allows one to design a customized markup language, used to allow for the easy interchange of documents and data on the World Wide Web or between software components.

Word History and Origins

Origin of XML¹

1995–2000