WYSIWYG

WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get. It was a term that described something that was alien at the time it was conceived. What you saw on the screen was very much similar to what you got when you produced. It was how they described the first GUI, or Graphical User Interface. The first consumer GUI was released in 1981. The GUI allowed the user to see pictures, rather than just text, and was a major leap forward. 

Although it may not seem so today.