What does "text editor" mean?

A program which allows a user to edit the contents of a text file, usually in an interactive way with immediate visual feedback.

What is a synonym for "text editor"?

Common synonyms include: copy editor, copyreader, editor, editors, emacs, lyx.

noun

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Noun

1
A program which allows a user to edit the contents of a text file, usually in an interactive way with immediate visual feedback.
2
(computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files wordnet
3
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see text, editor.
"Between 1620 and 1640 he worked as a text editor in the Patriarchal Press in Moscow."
4
an editor who prepares text for publication wordnet

"Between 1620 and 1640 he worked as a text editor in the Patriarchal Press in Moscow."