'Text' may refer to:
In 'books':
★ a
book
★ a
textbook
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Subtext
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e-text or
e-book
In 'computing':
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character or
string data, as opposed to binary data
★
Code segment or text segment, a portion of memory or of an object file that contains executable computer instructions
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Plain text
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Text-based (computing), an application whose primary input and output are based on text rather than graphics
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Boilerplate text
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Text file
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Formatted text
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Plaintext
As a 'unit of study':
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hermeneutics
★
philology
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Semiotics, the study of signs and symbols, both individually and grouped into sign systems
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cultural studies, the unit of
discourse
★ a piece of
writing
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Textual criticism
'Other uses':
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TEXT, an avant-garde band
★ An abbreviation for
text messaging, an electronic method of sending and receiving short amounts of written text, often using mobile phones
★ An abbreviation for
teletext (e.g. ''text page'' vs ''teletext page''), a system for broadcasting and displaying pages of written text on televisions
★ Textphone, see
Telecommunications device for the deaf, an electronic device for text communication via a telephone line
'See also':
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TXT