ASCII TEXT FILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ASCII text file mean? 

• ASCII TEXT FILE (noun)
  The noun ASCII TEXT FILE has 1 sense:

1. a text file that contains only ASCII characters without special formatting

  Familiarity information: ASCII TEXT FILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCII TEXT FILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A text file that contains only ASCII characters without special formatting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ASCII text file" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ASCII text file"):

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)