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text file

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text file definition

file format
A file containing no "invisible" control characters, only printable letters, numbers and symbols, usually from the ASCII character set.
A text file can be produced with a text editor and can usually be imported into any word processor though it will probably appear unformatted.
Compare binary file, flat file, rich text file.
(1996-11-15)

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Text file is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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text file

noun
(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters 
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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