text file

Noun

1.

text file - (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using 7-bit ASCII characters Synonyms: document

(file format)

text file - A file containing no "invisible" control characters, only printable letters, numbers and symbols, usually from the ASCII character set. A text file can be produced with a text editor and can usually be imported into any word processor though it will probably appear unformatted. Compare binary file, flat file, rich text file.

ASCII text file, computer file, computer science, computing, document, web page