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Everything about Text file
Computer file containing plain text
A text file is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines of electronic text. A text file exists stored as data within a computer file system. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Text fileA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Modified Playfair for Text File Encryption and Meticulous Decryption with Arbitrary Fillers by Septenary Quadrate PatternInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: UNIX in a NutshellThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A text compression scheme that allows fast searching directly in the compressed fileCited 67 times
- Go sideways: Byte order markA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Plain textA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.
Noun A datafile in a character encoding that allows it to be read in a nonspecialized text editor.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A text compression scheme that allows fast searching directly in the compressed file
Experiments in text file compression
Efficient signature file methods for text retrieval
A signature file scheme based on multiple organizations for indexing very large text databases
Investigate the Capability of Applying Hidden Data in Text File: An Overview
Comparison of Huffman Algorithm and Lempel Ziv Welch Algorithm in Text File Compression
Application of Huffman Algorithm and Unary Codes for Text File Compression
A Technique of Hiding Secrete Text in Wave File
🆕 Influential since 2022
Modified Playfair for Text File Encryption and Meticulous Decryption with Arbitrary Fillers by Septenary Quadrate Pattern
Small files access efficiency in hadoop distributed file system a case study performed on British library text files
Undeclared File Architecture Features. Automated Office, Text Editor, Docx Format
Securing Text File Using Combination of Vigenere and One – Time Pad Cipher Algorithm
Implementasi Algoritma Rabin-Karp Untuk Pendeteksian Plagiarisme Pada File Dokumen Berupa Text Berbasis Web
📚 Books worth reading
UNIX in a NutshellArnold Robbins · 1999
The QuarkXPress bookDavid Blatner, Bob Weibel · 1991
Learning the vi editorLinda Lamb · 1985
vi EditorArnold Robbins · 1999
Developing With PdfLeonard Rosenthol · 2013
PDF HacksSid Steward · 2004
Implementing electronic document and record management systemsAzad Adam · 2007
Twilio CookbookRoger Stringer · 2013
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