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TEXT FILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
Synonyms:
document; text file
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
