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TeX (), stylized as '''', is a typesetting program that was designed and written by computer scientist and Stanford University professor Donald Knuth and first released in 1978. The term now refers to the system of extensions – which includes software programs called TeX engines'', sets of TeX macros, and packages which provide extra typesetting functionality – built around the original TeX language. TeX is a popular means of typesetting complex mathematical formulae; it has been noted as one of the most sophisticated digital typographical systems.
TeX is a typesetting program created by Donald Knuth in 1978 that has evolved into a system of software tools and packages designed to format and print documents, particularly those with complex mathematical equations. It remains widely used today because it produces highly sophisticated typography and handles mathematical notation better than most other available systems.
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- Software.name
- TeX
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- Software.developer
- Donald Knuth
- Software.latest_release_version
- 3.141592653
- Software.operating_system
- Cross-platform
- Software.genre
- Typesetting
- Software.programming_language
- WEB/Pascal
- Software.license
- Permissive free software
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- TeX
- File format.extension
- .tex
- File format.mime
- application/x-tex
- File format.genre
- Document file format
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- Official website
- www.tug.org
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- Commons category
- TeX
- software version identifier
- 2.993
- file extension
- tex
- media type
- math/tex
- source code repository URL
- svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk
- IPA transcription
- tɛk
- inception
- 1978-01-01
- publication date
- 1978-00-00
- Stack Exchange site URL
- tex.stackexchange.com
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- History
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- Design
- Mathematical spacing
- Hyphenation and justification
- Metafont
- Macro language
- Operation
- Uses
- Chemistry notation
- XML publication
- Development
- Distributions and extensions
- License
- Community
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TeX (), stylized as '''', is a typesetting program that was designed and written by computer scientist and Stanford University professor Donald Knuth and first released in 1978. The term now refers to the system of extensions – which includes software programs called TeX engines, sets of TeX macros, and packages which provide extra typesetting functionality – built around the original TeX language. TeX is a popular means of typesetting complex mathematical formulae; it has been noted as one of the most sophisticated digital typographical systems.
TeX is widely used in academia, especially in mathematics, computer science, economics, political science, engineering, linguistics, physics, statistics, and quantitative psychology. It has long since displaced Unix troff (the previously favored formatting system), in most Unix installations (although troff'' still remains as the default formatter of the UNIX documentation). It is also used for many other typesetting tasks, especially as the basis for LaTeX, ConTeXt, and other macro packages.