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1. Executable code, especially a "pure code" portion sharedbetween multiple instances of a program running in amultitasking operating system.

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2. Textual material in the mainstream sense; data in ordinaryASCII or EBCDIC representation (see flat ASCII). "Thoseare text files; you can review them using the editor."

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