text file

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

text file
    n 1: (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and
         possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII
         characters [syn: {text file}, {document}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

text file

   <file format> 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}.

   (1996-11-15)