text
1. Executable code, especially a "pure code" portion shared between multiple instances of a program running in a multitasking operating system. Compare English. 2. Textual material in the mainstream sense; data in ordinary ASCII or EBCDIC representation (see flat ASCII). "Those are text files; you can review them using the editor." These two contradictory senses confuse hackers too. [Jargon File]Last updated: 1995-03-16
Nearby terms:
Texinfo ♦ TeX point ♦ text ♦ text-based ♦ text editor ♦ Text Encoding Initiative
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