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In computing, plain text is the contents of an ordinary sequential file readable as text without much processing.
Description
The encoding has traditionally been either ASCII, sometimes EBCDIC.
Unicode-based encodings such as UTF-8 and UTF-16 are gradually replacing the older ASCII derivatives limited to 7 or 8 bit codes.
Formatted text
Plain text is different from formatted text, where style information is included, and "binary files" in which some portions must be interpreted as binary objects (encoded integers, real numbers, images, etc.).
See also
TO DO: cross-refs.
External links
- Plain text @ Wikipedia
