textile

adj : of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; "textile

research"

n : something made by weaving or felting or knitting or

crocheting natural or synthetic fibers [syn: {fabric}, {cloth},

{material}]

text file

A {file} containing no "invisible" {control

characters}, only {printable} letters, numbers and symbols,

usually from the {ASCII} {character set}.

A text file can be produced with a {text editor} and can

usually be imported into any {word processor} though it will

probably appear unformatted.

Compare {binary file}, {flat file}, {rich text file}.

(1996-11-15)