text file

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text file

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text files

text file (plural text files)

(computing) A simple data file containing only plain, human-readable, relatively unformatted text. A text file is distinct from a word processing file containing a formatted document, from other kinds of application-specific data files including spreadsheets and images, and from binary files containing raw, machine-readable data.

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