Origins of the term 'WYSIWYG?

william degnan billdegnan at gmail.com
Mon Jan 16 12:48:28 CST 2017


Maybe Ted Nelson used the term to refer to computing specifically in late
1960s or within Dream Machines?
b



On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:

> Yes, but the actual phrase comes from the Flip Wilson show
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flip_Wilson_Show
>
>
> On 1/16/17 10:25 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
>
> > I wonder what predates that usage (if anything)
> >
>
>


More information about the cctech mailing list