A file that uses the ASCII format. This is one of the simplest formats and can usually be read by any computer or word processor, and is useful in file transfers. It is also commonly called an "ASCII text file" or " ASCII file" and contains very little or no formatting.

A file containing only characters that are either displayable, or which affect the display format (format effectors). The characters of the file are represented by their character codes. 4NT and TC provide support for two systems of character codes, ASCII and Unicode.

A file containing nothing but standard characters like letters, punctuation marks, and numbers.

A file that can be read by a human and one that can be transmitted between different programs and systems containing no graphics or formatting information, see ASCII character. WWWebfx Home Page

A document file containing words, letters, or numbers, but not special computer instructions, such as formatting.

A file that consists of text characters without any formatting information. Also known as an ASCII file, a text file can be read by any word processor.

A simple file type, which consists mainly of letters and numbers (without formatting, etc.), which allows it to be easily transferred among platforms and between software packages.

A file which uses the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) or similar system to represent the text of a document. Data within a text file are delineated as human readable words, sentences, and paragraphs rather than data elements.

A text file is a human-readable sequence of characters and the words they form that can be encoded into computer-readable formats such as ASCII.

A computer file that contains nothing but ASCII text and formatting and therefore can be read by many different types of computer programs.

A common used term used to describe ASCII Text File

Both SORT/XL and MERGE/XL read commands directly from the text file.

The basic Perforce file type. Text files can be stored using reverse delta encoding, saving space on the server.

A file containing text characters (usually ASCII), that can be viewed with any standard text editor. Most mail utilities can only handle text files. See binary file.

(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using 7-bit ASCII characters

a computer file that is stored entirely as text in a human-readable form

a disk file that contains only printable characters

a document comprised of ASCII data

a file that contains only printable characters (usually in the form of words and numbers), plus certain control characters (carriage return, tab etc)

a file that contains printable characters and whitespace, organized into lines separated by newline characters

a file that is properly understood as a sequence of character data (represented using ASCII, Unicode, or some other standard), separated into lines

a harmless format that can also be reverted back into the Registry, if needed

an ASCII file that can be read by a text editor, printed, displayed, or in some cases, compiled and executed

an example of a stream-format file using line feed or carriage return to separate records

a sequence of characters often organized into lines separated by line breaks

a sequential file and cannot be random access because the number of characters in the stream does not map to a number of bytes and is not predictable -- it depends on the line processing, the character width, etc

a straightforward file

a text-only file, which does not include formatting or graphics

a very special kind of variable-length sequential file that uses special end of line markers (carriage returns/line feeds) at the end of each record (line) in the file

Any file that comprises characters from the ASCII character set. See also Binary file.

Usually, a file which contains only ASCII characters.

A file containing ASCII text created by any standard editor. Such text files can contain, for example, COBOL source code or Compiler directives. COBOL programs can read or write such files by specifying ORGANIZATION LINE SEQUENTIAL.

A file containing characters in a plain human-readable format. There are no formatting commands such as underlining or displaying characters in boldface or different fonts. It is also called an ASCII file.

This is a computer file that contains only numbers and letters. Text files can be opened and read in a wide variety of computer programs.

A file stored on disk that contains text rather than graphics or data

A file containing readable text or words.

A file with text that has no formatting. None of the text is bold, underlined, italicized, or tabbed.

A word-processed document which includes only text and no formatting, tables or images. A text file can be read by any word-processing package and is given the file extension .TXT (for example, REPORT.TXT).

A file containing nothing other than text.

A file that holds text (word, sentences, paragraphs) and is usually stored as ASCII code. Most computers use ASCII codes to represent text, which makes it possible to transfer data from one computer to another. Objects that are not text include graphics, numbers and program code.

Contains just letters, numbers and basic ASCII characters, no text formatting

A file that contains only textual characters with no special formatting, graphical information, sound or video files.

A file containing only letters, numbers, and symbols. A text file contains no formatting information (like bolding and underlining and type fonts and sizes), except possibly line feeds and carriage returns. A text file is an ASCII file. A text file can be read by every word processor and editor. A text file the lowest common denominator in the word processing world. I wrote this file with an editor called ZEdit, which produces only text files. I did this because this dictionary has to be sent to a Macintosh for "typesetting" and to a DEC for distribution on CD-ROM. And a text file is the form both most easily recognize.

A file saved in a text format, usually with extensions like .txt, .htm, or .html.

A file containing only letters, numbers, and symbols. A text file contains no formatting information, except possibly linefeeds and carriage returns. Text files are also known as flat files and ASCII files.

A file which contains characters in a plain human-readable format. There are no formatting commands such as underlining or displaying characters in bold face or different fonts. Also called an ASCII file.

A file that contains characters organized into one or more lines. The lines must not contain null characters and none can exceed the maximum line length allowed by the implementation. A text file can include control or other nonprintable characters (other than the null character).

Text files, also called ASCII files, are simple files containing text and no formatting. A common extension for text files is TXT. Personal Knowbase can import text files.

A file containing lines of letters, numbers, and punctuation. Most word processors can create text files and some editors (such as BBEdit) only create text files. A non-text file is a binary file.

A file that contains unformatted text only – it cannot contain formatting (such as bold or italics) or pictures. Also, the text must be typed into a text editor such as Notepad; a program such as Word cannot be used as a text editor.

A file containing information in text form; its contents are interpreted as characters encoded using the ASCII (or comparable) format.

A type of DOS data file used and created by DOS applications or Text File Editor, also known as an ASCII file.

A file where original text is stored (normally in original format).

A file that contains data made up of ASCII characters. It is essentially raw text just like the words you're reading now. Each byte in the file contains one character that conforms to the standard ASCII code.

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. Source: Hyperdictionary.

A common used term used to describe ASCII Text Files.

A file that contains only textual characters, with no special formatting characters, graphical information, sound clips, video, or what-have-you. Most computers other than some IBM mainframes store their text by using a system of codes named ASCII, so this type of file is also known as an ASCII text file

A file that contains only textual characters, with no graphical information, video, sound clips, etc.

A file containing only letters, digits and symbols. A text file usually consists of characters coded from the ASCII character set.

n. A file composed of text characters. A text file can be a word-processing file or a "plain" ASCII file encoded in a format practically all computers can use. See also ASCII file, text (definition 1).

1. In computer usage, any file written in pure character format . Sometimes called a "plain text file." 2. In a data library situation, "text file" may also refer to a file containing natural language text (e.g., a literary text such as the works of Shakespeare) as opposed to a numeric data file that contains mostly numbers. Such a file could be stored as a character format file but does not necessarily have to be. Also known as a character file. THESAURUS

file of plain, unformatted text composed of ASCII characters.