The terse set of TextFormattingRules used on a Wiki as a simpler alternative to HyperTextMarkupLanguage. ---- See also: WikiSyntax, WikiMarkupLanguage, MarkUp, MarkupLanguage... Category: term definition. "Wiki markup" is the de facto term for this, uh, "language". (In what sense is this a "language"? Nu, I guess that's an argument for WikiMarkupLanguage...)