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text editor

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noun Computers.

a program for editing stored documents, performing such functions as adding, deleting, or moving text.

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Nearby words

  1. texas tower,
  2. texel,
  3. text,
  4. text blindness,
  5. text edition,
  6. text hand,
  7. text message,
  8. text messaging,
  9. text processing,
  10. textbook

Origin of text editor

First recorded in 1970–75
Related formstext-ed·it·ing, adjective
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