text editor

text′ ed`itor

n. a computer program for writing and modifying documents or program code on-screen, usu. having little or no formatting ability. [1970–75] text′-ed`it•ing, adj.

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Noun	1.	text editor - an editor who prepares text for publicationcopy editor, copyreadereditor, editor in chief - a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
	2.	text editor - (computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text filescomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structureseditor program, editor - (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data

Translations

επεξεργαστής κειμένουκειμενογράφοςeditore di testiprogramma di editazione

text editor

text editor:

see word processorword processing,
use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and audio input (as
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text editor

(tool, text)A utility program for creating and modifyingtext files. This differs from a word processor in thatthe word processors often embed special control codes orescape sequences in the file to control formatting.

text editor

Software used to create and edit files that contain only text; for example, batch files, address lists and source language programs. Text editors produce raw ASCII or EBCDIC text files, and unlike word processors, they may not support formatting (word wrap, fonts, bold, italic, etc.).

Editors that are part of a development environment are designed for writing source code and provide automatic indention and multiple windows into the same file. They also display reserved words of a particular programming language in bold or in a different typeface, and any of these layout codes that are embedded in the file are bypassed when the program is compiled. See source code editor and hex editor.

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noun an editor who prepares text for publication

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noun (computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files

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