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'Text' may refer to:
In 'books':

★ a book

★ a textbook

Subtext

e-text or e-book
In 'computing':

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

Plain text

Text-based (computing), an application whose primary input and output are based on text rather than graphics

Boilerplate text

Text file

Formatted text

Plaintext
As a 'unit of study':

hermeneutics

philology

Semiotics, the study of signs and symbols, both individually and grouped into sign systems

cultural studies, the unit of discourse

★ a piece of writing

Textual criticism
'Other uses':

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':

TXT

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