Writing

Writing is the act of creating a persistent, usually visual representation of language on a surface. As a structured system of communication, writing is also known as written language. Historically, written languages have emerged as a way to record corresponding spoken languages.

A particular set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which they encode a particular spoken language, is known as a writing system.
In some rare cases, writing may be tactile rather than visual.

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