Text may refer to:
Written word
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Text (literary theory)
In literary theory, a text is any object that can be "read", whether this object is a work of literature, a street sign, an arrangement of buildings on a city block, or styles of clothing. It is a set of Sign (semiotics), signs that is available ...
, any object that can be read, including:
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Religious text
Religious texts, including scripture, are texts which various religions consider to be of central importance to their religious tradition. They often feature a compilation or discussion of beliefs, ritual practices, moral commandments and ...
, a writing that a religious tradition considers to be sacred
**Text, a verse or passage from scripture used in
expository preaching
Expository preaching, also known as expositional preaching, is a form of preaching that details the meaning of a particular text or passage of Scripture. It explains what the Bible means by what it says. Exegesis is technical and grammatical ex ...
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Textbook
A textbook is a book containing a comprehensive compilation of content in a branch of study with the intention of explaining it. Textbooks are produced to meet the needs of educators, usually at educational institutions, but also of learners ( ...
, a book of instruction in any branch of study
Computing and telecommunications
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Plain text
In computing, plain text is a loose term for data (e.g. file contents) that represent only characters of readable material but not its graphical representation nor other objects ( floating-point numbers, images, etc.). It may also include a lim ...
, unformatted text
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Text file
A text file (sometimes spelled textfile; an old alternative name is flat file) is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines of electronic text. A text file exists stored as data within a computer file system.
In ope ...
, a type of computer file opened by most text software
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Text string, a sequence of characters manipulated by software
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Text message
Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile phones, tablet computers, smartwatches, desktop computer, des ...
, a short electronic message designed for communication between mobile phone users
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Text (Chrome app), a text editor for the Google Chrome web browser
*tEXt, an
ancillary chunk in the PNG image file format
*Text, the former name of Apple's
Messages instant messenger
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Text (company), an AI and customer service software company
Arts and media
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Text may refer to:
Written word
* Text (literary theory)
In literary theory, a text is any object that can be "read", whether this object is a work of literature, a street sign, an arrangement of buildings on a city block, or styles of clothi ...
, a Swedish band
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Text & Talk'' (formerly ''Text''), an academic journal
*"Text", a 2010 song produced by
J.R. Rotem, featuring Mann and
Jason Derulo
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''TxT'' (film), a 2006 Filipino horror film
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''Text'' (film), a 2019 Russian film
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''Text'' (2008 film), a
2008 American horror film
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Copy (written)
In publishing, advertising and related fields, copy is written material, in contrast to photographs or other elements of layout, in books, magazines, newspapers and advertising.
In advertising, the term "copy" means the output of copywriters, who ...
, written material in publications
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Discourse (disambiguation)
Discourse is a use of written or spoken communication.
Discourse or discourses may also refer to:
* Domain of discourse, the collection of objects being discussed in a specific discourse
* Discourse (linguistics), approaches to study written, voca ...
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Enriched text
Enriched text is a formatted text format for email, defined by the IETF in RFC 1896 and associated with the text/enriched MIME type which is defined in RFC 1563.
Format
It is "intended to facilitate the wider interoperation of simple enriche ...
, formatted text format for e-mail
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Formatted text
In computing, formatted text, styled text, or rich text, as opposed to plain text, is digital text which has styling information beyond the minimum of semantic elements: colours, styles ( boldface, italic), sizes, and special features in HT ...
, digital text which has styling information beyond minimal semantic elements
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Rich Text Format
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As an example, the following RTF code
would be rendered as follows:
This is some bold text.
Character encoding
A standard RTF file can only consist of 7-bit ASCII characters, but can use escape sequences to encode other characters. ...
, a proprietary document file format by Microsoft
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Tex (disambiguation)
Tex, TeX, TEX, may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tex (nickname), a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname
* Tex Earnhardt (1930–2020), U.S. businessman
* Joe Tex (1933–1982), stage name of American soul sing ...
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Text display
A text display is an electronic alphanumeric display device that is mainly or only capable of showing text, or extremely limited graphic characters. This includes electromechanical split-flap displays, vane displays, and flip-disc displays; ...
, electronic alphanumeric display device
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Text mode
Text mode is a computer display mode in which content is internally represented on a computer screen in terms of characters rather than individual pixels. Typically, the screen consists of a uniform rectangular grid of ''character cells'', ea ...
, computer display mode based on characters
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Text segment, the portion of computer file containing executable instructions
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Writing
Writing is the act of creating a persistent representation of language. A writing system includes a particular set of symbols called a ''script'', as well as the rules by which they encode a particular spoken language. Every written language ...
, representation of language in a textual medium
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