TEXT FILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does text file mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEXT FILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

document; text file

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

computer file ((computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

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

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)