Text File
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A Text File is a computer file that contains text data (of text items).
- AKA: Textfile.
- Context:
- It can be edited by a Text File Editor.
- It can abide by some Text File Format.
- Example(s):
- an ASCII File.
- a Unicode File.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Binary File.
- an XML File.
- a Word Processor File.
- an Audio File.
- See: Flatfile, Digital Asset.
References
2009
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_file
- A text file (sometimes spelled "textfile": an old alternate name is "flatfile") is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines. A text file exists within a computer file system. The end of a text file is often denoted by placing one or more special characters, known as an end-of-file marker, after the last line in a text file.
"Text file" refers to a type of container, while plain text refers to a type of content. Text files can contain plain text, but they are not limited to such.
At a generic level of description, there are two kinds of computer files: text files and binary files.
- A text file (sometimes spelled "textfile": an old alternate name is "flatfile") is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines. A text file exists within a computer file system. The end of a text file is often denoted by placing one or more special characters, known as an end-of-file marker, after the last line in a text file.