WYCIWYG

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phrase

What you cache is what you get: A URI scheme specific to the Mozilla family of web browsers which indicates that a link should be preferentially fetched from cache instead of from the web server.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. InternetabbreviationacronymWhat you cache is what you get: A URI scheme specific to the Mozilla family of web browsers which indicates that a link should be preferentially fetched from cache instead of from the web server.
  2. abbreviationacronymlifestyleWhat you choose is what you get.

Origin

Modelled on WYSIWYG.

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APA

WYCIWYG. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/WYCIWYG

MLA

“WYCIWYG.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/WYCIWYG. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “WYCIWYG,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/WYCIWYG.

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