digital text
Words on screens
Digital text is written language stored electronically as encoded data rather than printed on paper or other physical media.
Unlike fixed print, digital text can be searched, copied, edited, and transmitted instantly: The library digitized its archives to make digital text available online.
The term distinguishes electronic documents, ebooks, and web content from their physical counterparts.
- ebookDownloadable text file
- hyperlinkClickable reference to another page
- cursorOn-screen position indicator
- scrollWound document of parchment
- fontCharacter style set
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digital textprinted matter
Published text materials
print · hard copy · manuscript · paperback · newsprint
digital textdigital image
Pixel-based visual file
digital video · digital audio · digital media · graphics · video file
digital textspoken word
Poetry delivered aloud
oral communication · speech · oral tradition · voice · dialogue
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