Markup language

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A markup language is a type of language that specifies the structure of data using tags and the like. It is generally called a data language to distinguish it from programming languages, but the distinction is not clear-cut, since some, like TEX, are programmable.

See also

• User interface markup language (UIML)
• Computer Language

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• Wikipedia (en) about markup languages