TEXT FILE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)