Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Text \Text\, v. t.
   To write in large characters, as in text hand. [Obs.] --Beau.
   & Fl.

Text \Text\ (t[e^]kst), n. [F. texte, L. textus, texture,
   structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct,
   compose; cf. Gr. te`ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve,
   make. Cf. {Context}, {Mantle}, n., {Pretext}, {Tissue},
   {Toil} a snare.]
   1. A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary
      is written; the original words of an author, in
      distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
      --Chaucer.

   2. (O. Eng. Law) The four Gospels, by way of distinction or
      eminence. [R.]

   3. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as
      the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

            How oft, when Paul has served us with a text, Has
            Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached!    --Cowper.

   4. Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument,
      literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.

   5. A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a
      kind of type used in printing; as, German text.

Source : WordNet®

text
     n 1: the words of something written; "there were more than a
          thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed
          text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct
          the original text" [syn: {textual matter}]
     2: a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a
        sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to
        introduce his sermon"
     3: a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his
        economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the
        professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
        [syn: {textbook}, {text edition}, {schoolbook}, {school
        text}] [ant: {trade book}]
     4: the main body of a written work (as distinct from
        illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text
        easier to understand"

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

text
     
        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)