Markdown vs markup - are they related?

Ron Harlev picture Ron Harlev · Aug 23, 2008 · Viewed 74.9k times · Source

I'm using markdown to edit this question right now. In some wikis I used wiki markup. Are they the same thing? Are they related? Please explain. If I want to implement one or the other in a web project (like stackoverflow) what do I need to use?

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ryw picture ryw · Aug 23, 2008