text file

noun

A datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.

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Meanings

nountext file (plural text files)

plural text files · alternative textfile

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

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 文本文件
  • 文本文件 (wénběn wénjiàn)plain, human-readable file containing only text
Danish tekstfil
  • tekstfilplain, human-readable file containing only text
Dutch tekstbestand
  • tekstbestandplain, human-readable file containing only text
Estonian tekstifail
  • tekstifailplain, human-readable file containing only text
Finnish tekstitiedosto
  • tekstitiedostoplain, human-readable file containing only text
French fichier texte
  • fichier texteplain, human-readable file containing only text
German Textdatei
  • Textdateiplain, human-readable file containing only text
Hungarian szövegfájl
  • szövegfájlplain, human-readable file containing only text
Japanese テキストファイル
  • テキストファイル (tekisuto fairu)plain, human-readable file containing only text
Norwegian Bokmål tekstfil
  • tekstfilplain, human-readable file containing only text
Polish plik tekstowy
  • plik tekstowyplain, human-readable file containing only text
Russian те́кстовый файл
  • те́кстовый файл (tékstovyj fajl)plain, human-readable file containing only text
Swedish textfil
  • textfilplain, human-readable file containing only text
Tagalog talaksang-akda
  • talaksang-akdaplain, human-readable file containing only text
Turkish metin dosyası
  • metin dosyasıplain, human-readable file containing only text
Cite this entry
APA

text file. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20file

MLA

“text file.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20file. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “text file,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20file.

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