"text editor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: text editors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} text editor (plural text editors)
  1. (computing) A program which allows a user to edit the contents of a text file, usually in an interactive way with immediate visual feedback. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-text_editor-en-noun-KAEar5Mc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see text, editor. Synonyms: text-editor
    Sense id: en-text_editor-en-noun-u3UraLjK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (something used to edit text in computers): 文本編輯器 (Chinese Mandarin), 文本编辑器 (wénběn biānjíqì) (Chinese Mandarin), teksteditor [common-gender] (Danish), tekstredaktilo (Esperanto), tekstieditori (Finnish), tekstinmuokkain (Finnish), tekstimuokkain (Finnish), éditeur de texte (French), Texteditor [masculine] (German), κειμενογράφος (keimenográfos) [masculine] (Greek), ritill [masculine] (Icelandic), textaritill [masculine] (Icelandic), テキストエディタ (tekisuto edita) (Japanese), teksteditor [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teksteditor [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), edytor [masculine] (Polish), edytor tekstu [masculine] (Polish), editor de texto [masculine] (Portuguese), те́кстовый реда́ктор (tékstovyj redáktor) [masculine] (Russian), editor de texto [masculine] (Spanish), textredigerare [common-gender] (Swedish), texteditor (Swedish), editor (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'something used to edit text in computers': 52 48

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