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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Origin of text editor

First recorded in 1970–75

OTHER WORDS FROM text editor

text-ed·it·ing, adjective

Words nearby text editor

text, text blindness, textbook, textbookish, text edition, text editor, texter, text hand, textiform, textile, textlationship
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