WYSIWYM
WYSIWYM (
What 
You 
See 
Is 
What 
You 
Mean) is the 
paradigm created for 
LyX. It means that the things displayed on a computer screen should accurately display the 
information that is trying to be conveyed rather that the actual 
formatting. 
WYSIWYM purposely sounds like WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get),  because it is an intended replacement for that paradigm.