text-based
<jargon> Working under a non-window-based operating system (e.g. MS-DOS)
as opposed to a graphical user interface (e.g. Microsoft Windows).
An MS-DOS text-based program uses a screen with a fixed array of 80x25 or 80x40
characters. Examples are WordPerfect before version 5.1 and Microsoft Word.
(1995-03-16)
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