text file

<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.

Last updated: 1996-11-15

Nearby terms:

Text Encoding Initiative ♦ text file ♦ Text Processing Utility ♦ Text Reckoning And Compiling

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