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ASCII TEXT FILE
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I. (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)