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text file

DEFINITIONS OF: text file

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n (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters

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document
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web page, webpage
a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser
ASCII text file
a text file that contains only ASCII characters without special formatting
source code
program instructions written as an ASCII text file; must be translated by a compiler or interpreter or assembler into the object code for a particular computer before execution
home page, homepage
the opening page of a web site
Type of:
computer file
(computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form
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