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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
text
    n 1: the words of something written; "there were more than a
         thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text
         of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the
         original text" [syn: text, textual matter]
    2: a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a
       sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce
       his sermon"
    3: a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his
       economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor
       wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" [syn:
       textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school
       text] [ant: trade book, trade edition]
    4: the main body of a written work (as distinct from
       illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text
       easier to understand"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Text \Text\ (t[e^]kst), n. [F. texte, L. textus, texture,
   structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct,
   compose; cf. Gr. te`ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve,
   make. Cf. Context, Mantle, n., Pretext, Tissue,
   Toil a snare.]
   1. A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary
      is written; the original words of an author, in
      distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
      --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (O. Eng. Law) The four Gospels, by way of distinction or
      eminence. [R.]
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as
      the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
      [1913 Webster]

            How oft, when Paul has served us with a text,
            Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached! --Cowper.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument,
      literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a
      kind of type used in printing; as, German text.
      [1913 Webster]

   6. That part of a document (printed or electronic) comprising
      the words, especially the main body of expository words,
      in contrast to the illustrations, pictures, charts,
      tables, or other formatted material which contain graphic
      elements as a major component.
      [PJC]

   7. Any communication composed of words.
      [PJC]

   8. a textbook.
      [PJC]

   Text blindness. (Physiol.) See Word blindness, under
      Word.

   Text letter, a large or capital letter. [Obs.]

   Text pen, a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in
      writing text-hand.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Text \Text\, v. t.
   To write in large characters, as in text hand. [Obs.] --Beau.
   & Fl.
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
text
 n.

    1. [techspeak] Executable code, esp. a pure code portion shared between
    multiple instances of a program running in a multitasking OS. Compare 
    English.

    2. Textual material in the mainstream sense; data in ordinary ASCII or 
    EBCDIC representation (see flat-ASCII). ?Those are text files; you can
    review them using the editor.?

    These two contradictory senses confuse hackers, too.


5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
text

   1. Executable code, especially a "pure code" portion shared
   between multiple instances of a program running in a
   multitasking operating system.

   Compare English.

   2. Textual material in the mainstream sense; data in ordinary
   ASCII or EBCDIC representation (see flat ASCII).  "Those
   are text files; you can review them using the editor."

   These two contradictory senses confuse hackers too.

   [Jargon File]

   (1995-03-16)


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