MiKTeX is a distribution of the
typesetting system
LaTeX for
Microsoft Windows that is developed by Christian Schenk. It consists of an implementation of
TeX and a set of related programs. MiKTeX provides the tools necessary to prepare documents using the
TeX/
LaTeX markup language, as well as a simple tex editor (
TeXworks). The name comes from Christian Schenk's login: MiK for Micro-Kid.