"text file" meaning in English

See text file in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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, File formats
    Sense id: en-text_file-en-noun-rYu3mv7B Disambiguation of File formats: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 20 80 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "plain, human-readable file containing only text",
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      "word": "talaksang-akda"
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