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  1.                 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
                    

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    1. Executable code, especially a "pure code" portion shared between multiple instances of a program running in a multitasking operating system.

    Compare English.

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

    These two contradictory senses confuse hackers too.

    [Jargon File]

    (1995-03-16)