Definitions for "Text"
A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
That part of a document (printed or electronic) comprising the words, especially the main body of expository words, in contrast to the illustrations, pictures, charts, tables, or other formatted material which contain graphic elements as a major component.
Any communication composed of words.
A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.
To write in large characters, as in text hand.
From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 ( 2004-02-04) A parsed entity contains text, a sequence of characters, which may represent markup or character data.
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
A term used by the author of this glossary to represent a book. If used with Bible, capitalized, represents the Bible. See Bible, Canon, Scripture, 66 Books
a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"
A fine quality paper, frequently with a fancy texture. Used for announcements, brochures booklets, and similar items. A 100gsm parchment is usually considered a text. Otherwise most texts are 115-135gsm.
A type of paper with a higher quality than standard bond.
Unspecific term used for high-quality papers which comes in many colors and textures. It's usually made with matching cover. Great for stationery, book pages, flyers, and brochures.
Keywords:  folios, book, blank, oncopied, magazine
The main content of a book, usually beginning with Chapter One. The text does not include the preface, if there is one, or the foreword, introduction, table of contents, or the index.
In STAR GATEWAY, appears in the drop-down box under Options. Highlight to retrieve the full text of magazine articles. In Books in Print this accesses publisher information.
an unedited, oncopied book
a device conceived in order to produce its model reader
a machine conceived for eliciting interpretations
an emergent phenomenon, no less than the human who conceived it
Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
The supplied structure, written or agreed upon, in any dramatic activity.
autonomous linguistic chain (oral or written) that constitutes an empirical unit and that is produced by one or more enunciators in a given social practice. Texts are the object of linguistics.
Keywords:  coherent, mankind, whole, poster, poem
a piece of human language communication in the broader sense, that one has reason to consider as a whole
a semantically coherent whole which may be presented as a surface structure either in natural language (as was the case with the traditional notion), or in any of the sign systems used by mankind
a whole entity, to be translated as a whole"
The written representation of language. Text is a sequence of symbols that conveys meaning to its reader. The set of symbols used, and the most basic rules for their presentation, constitute the writing system of the text. The lexical, grammatical, and semantic significance of combinations of the symbols constitute the language of the text.
Any sequence of graphic symbols.
a fixed sequence of constituents (beginning, middle, end) that cannot change
a much more fixed representation as you say
a point of departure, for we learn about ourselves through our specific representations, laws, rituals, institutions, and languages
a visual representation of verbal information
That part of a message which contains the thought or idea which the originator desires to be communicated.
a compromise between the US desire for immediate Security Council action against Iran and Russia's demand for a delay for more diplomacy
a finite, unordered, collection of propositions
Keywords:  ideological, conflict, ground
a ground of ideological conflict
a cluster of signs or potentially signifying entities that can be connected by an act of reading to other such clusters
a resource whose content is primarily wordsfor reading
anything that is read. listened to, or viewed
The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.
The typed matter on a page (or in an electronic document) that is distinct from illustrations.
Sometimes called a Critical Text. A "reconstructed autograph" of the Old Testament or New Testament through the science of textual criticism.
Keywords:  tft, thin, client
TFT thin client
an object-event that copies itself, fragments itself, repeats itself, simulates itself, doubles itself and finally disappears
A heavier sheet of paper that is more opaque than a normal sheet of copy paper.
See copy.
Keywords:  font, letters, appropriate, thus, maps
See "lettering"
A string of letters that does not have properties including font and size, thus appropriate for exchange among computers of other kinds.
A text font is one designed for use in normal blocks of text. Contrast with display fonts.
In the sense of HyperText, includes text, graphics, and anything else you choose to cram into your HTML documents. See Part I.
the main form used in the FDL for structured data such as expressions
The verbatim report of a speech or public statement.
Keywords:  scholars, familiar, true, popular, work
a very popular work with which true scholars are very familiar
a means like another for entering a world, whose poetry gets highlighted, like snow and light
an instrument used to determine how much you know about a subject at a particular time
a set of utterances subject to the same rules
Keywords:  jpg, raw, gif, cgi, html
(.html, .cgi and other text files) RAW DATA (mainly data/image files, .gif or .jpg).
a machine capable of modeling other machines
Executable machine instructions (code) that a CPU can interpret and act on.
a phase in a communicative event within this horizon
Keywords:  little, painting, pictures
a painting made out of little pictures
Keywords:  sql, field, designates, type
Designates a text field type in SQL
Keywords:  work, matter, body, contents, printed
The body or contents of the work.
the printed matter in the body of a work.
Keywords:  editing, entering, component
A component for entering and editing text.
a document of decision, selection and combination
Keywords:  writing, studied, piece, object
any piece of writing or object being studied
Keywords:  signs, order, closed
a closed order of signs
Keywords:  index, top
to top of index
a textbook.