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text file

text file noun: a datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.

Noun

text file (plural text files)

  1. A datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.
  2. A datafile in a character encoding that allows it to be read in a nonspecialized text editor.

text file meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

text file in Tamil

உரைக் கோப்பு

text file in Tagalog

plain, human-readable file containing only text
talaksang-akda

Forms of text file

pluraltext files
alternative formtextfile

Questions about text file

What does text file mean?
Text file means a datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.
What is text file in Tamil?
Text file in Tamil is உரைக் கோப்பு. See Text file meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is text file?
Text file is a noun.
What is the plural of text file?
The plural of text file is text files.

Words near text file in the dictionary

  1. text creep
  2. text door neighbour
  3. text door neighbours
  4. text editor
  5. text editors
  6. text file
  7. text files
  8. text hand
  9. text hands
  10. text hook
  11. text hooker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: text file (page history and authors); text file (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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