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TeX.

A digital typesetting system used primarily for the formatting of mathematical formulae.

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  1. A digital typesetting system used primarily for the formatting of mathematical formulae.

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The letters of the name are meant to represent the capital Greek letters Τ (tau), Ε (epsilon), and Χ (chi), as TeX is an abbreviation of Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē), which is also the root word of technical.

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