What is "what you see is what you get"

prov. 1 The image corresponds to the reality. 2 (context idiomatic computing English) The screen image resembles the printed output.

What You See Is What You Get is an EP by the band Pitchshifter. Tracks 3–6 were recorded live at Le Plan, Ris Orangis, France in May 1998.

The song was featured on the video games Twisted Metal 3 from the Hangar 18 Stage

"What You See is What You Get" is the first single by duo Stoney & Meatloaf. It was released ahead of the release of the duo's only album Stoney & Meatloaf in 1971.

What You See Is What You Get is the autobiography of British businessman and TV personality Lord Alan Sugar. The 640-page book, which was published in May 2011, tells the story of Alan Sugar's birth and childhood in a deprived part of London, how he founded the company Amstrad aged just 21 years old, and how he eventually became a successful multi-millionaire tycoon, received a knighthood, and was appointed to the House of Lords. Sir Alan also reveals his main method of business and entrepreneurial activity: (a) observing what market leaders are doing, (b) making better and cheaper products than the market leaders, and (c) not focusing on the exclusive or more expensive parts of the market, rather selling to the mass market.