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2. (''~ language)'': A way of coding ordinary text in a way that [[Machines are fungible|machines]] can understand. This works quite well sometimes: The internet runs on [[hypertext mark-up language]] — “[[html]]”— an acquired taste but one which any fule can understand with a little patience; the fabulous MediaWiki runs on [[wiki mark-up]], which even dear old five-thumbed [[Jolly Contrarian]] can understand — but other adventures have been less successful. There are lawyers at Linklaters who still can’t communicate unemotionally, having coded the entirety of the [[2011 Equity Derivatives Definitions]]— remember those? No? — in [[Financial products Markup Language]].