text-based
Using written characters
Text-based describes something that uses written words rather than images, audio, or video.
A text-based game displays words on screen instead of graphics.
Text-based communication includes email and messaging apps.
The course was entirely text-based—no lectures or videos.
Risky exciting undertaking
- MUDText-based online game
- interactive fictionCommand-driven narrative software
- ZorkSeminal interactive fiction series
- roguelikePermadeath procedural game genre
parser · inventory · dialogue tree · choose your own adventure · visual novel
Electronic character encoding standard
- UTF-8Character encoding standard
- plaintextUnencoded readable information
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- XMLStructured data markup language
JSON · YAML · CSV · HTML · Markdown · LaTeX · regex · strings
Text-based computer interface
- terminalAt the endpoint
- consoleComfort in distress
- promptIncite to action
- cursorOn-screen position indicator
shell · DOS · CLI · input · output · query · search · keyboard
New and unusual
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- proseUnversified language
- fictionImagined narrative work
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
essay · manuscript · novella · short story · chapter · verse · stanza · paragraph
Fixed-layout document format
- EPUBDigital publication standard
- OpenDocumentOpen file format standard
- KindleElectronic reading tablet
- TextEditBasic Mac writing app
unformatted · formatted · editable · readable · exportable · convertible
Digital written communication
- SMSMobile text protocol
- chatInformal verbal exchange
- messagingSending written digital communications
- instant messageElectronic text sent live
forum · thread · post · comment · tweet · caption · subtitle · transcript
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- fableMoral tale with animals
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
legend · tale · saga · epic · anecdote · narrator · theme · conflict
adventure
Risky exciting undertaking
- MUDText-based online game
- interactive fictionCommand-driven narrative software
- ZorkSeminal interactive fiction series
roguelike · parser · inventory · dialogue tree · choose your own adventure · visual novel
ASCII
Electronic character encoding standard
- UTF-8Character encoding standard
- plaintextUnencoded readable information
- markupAdded percentage for profit
XML · JSON · YAML · CSV · HTML · Markdown · LaTeX · regex · strings · characters
command line
Text-based computer interface
cursor · shell · DOS · CLI · input · output · query · search · keyboard · typing
novel
New and unusual
nonfiction · essay · manuscript · novella · short story · chapter · verse · stanza · paragraph · dialogue
Fixed-layout document format
- EPUBDigital publication standard
- OpenDocumentOpen file format standard
- KindleElectronic reading tablet
TextEdit · unformatted · formatted · editable · readable · exportable · convertible
Digital written communication
instant message · forum · thread · post · comment · tweet · caption · subtitle · transcript · correspondence
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- fableMoral tale with animals
myth · legend · tale · saga · epic · anecdote · narrator · theme · conflict · climax
encyclopedia
Comprehensive subject-matter collection
- dictionaryAlphabetical word reference
- thesaurusSynonym and antonym compendium
- manualWritten instructions for use
guidebook · handbook · glossary · index · catalogue · almanac · compendium · directory · database · archive
text-basedgraphical
Relating to pictures
image-based · visual · pictorial · GUI · graphic
text-basedGUI
Visual computer interface
graphical user interface · point-and-click · drag-and-drop · gesture-based · menu-driven
text-basedmultimedia
Combined content formats
immersive · interactive media · audiovisual · multimodal · video
base, text, basis, context, textbook, texture, based, pretext, textbooks