ASCII text file

/ˌæski tɛkst faɪl/
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Other forms: ASCII text files

Definitions of ASCII text file
  1. noun
    a text file that contains only ASCII characters without special formatting
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    types:
    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
    type of:
    document, text file
    (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
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