TEXT EDITOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does text editor mean? 

• TEXT EDITOR (noun)
  The noun TEXT EDITOR has 2 senses:

1. an editor who prepares text for publication

2. (computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files

  Familiarity information: TEXT EDITOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEXT EDITOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An editor who prepares text for publication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

copy editor; copyreader; text editor

Hypernyms ("text editor" is a kind of...):

editor; editor in chief (a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine))

Sense 2

Meaning:

(computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("text editor" is a kind of...):

editor; editor program ((computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)