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Donald Knuth's techne (from the greek τέχνη, which he abbreviated to [[TeX|{{TeX}}]]) is a set of primitive tokens which are complex to use on their own. Knuth wrote composite operations of these primitive tokens himself, called macros, to make document creation easier.
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The base techne and a set of macros together are called a format of techne. [[plainTeX|{{PlainTeX}}]] is the simplest format.
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Often when referencing [[TeX|{{TeX}}]], it is implied that [[plainTeX|{{PlainTeX}}]] is used.
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Extensions to the [[plainTeX|{{PlainTeX}}]] format exist, such as eplain([[TeX|{{TeX}}]]) or [[LaTeX|{{LaTeX}}]]. |