"text file" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: text files [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} text file (plural text files)
  1. (computing) A data file containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: textfile, .txt file Hypernyms: file Translations (plain, human-readable file containing only text): 文本文件 (wénběn wénjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), tekstfil [common-gender] (Danish), tekstitiedosto (Finnish), fichier texte [masculine] (French), Textdatei [feminine] (German), テキストファイル (tekisuto fairu) (Japanese), tekstfil [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tekstfil [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), те́кстовый файл (tékstovyj fajl) [masculine] (Russian), textfil [common-gender] (Swedish), talaksang-akda (Tagalog), metin dosyası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-text_file-en-noun-4YUPMsGR Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'plain, human-readable file containing only text': 76 24
  2. (computing) A data file in a character encoding that allows it to be read in non-specialised text editor. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-text_file-en-noun-rYu3mv7B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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