text editor

2 definitions found

text editor - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  text editor
      n 1: an editor who prepares text for publication [syn: copy editor
           , copyreader, text editor]
      2: (computer science) an application that can be used to create
         and view and edit text files

text editor - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  text editor
  
     <tool, text> A utility program for creating and modifying
     text files.  This differs from a word processor in that
     the word processors often embed special control codes or
     escape sequences in the file to control formatting.
  
     (1996-11-15)