TXT

txt refers to the English language slang used on mobile phone short message services. It is an abbreviated form of English, similar to leet without the script kiddie content.

It became common due to the small number of characters allowed in a text message and the small keyboards on mobile phones.

Txt includes some of the old standbys of using letters (r, u, b, c) as a rebus in place of entire words (such as "are", "you", "be" and "see"). It also retains the use of numerals to shorten text: 2 can do double-duty for "to" and "too", while 4 represents the word "for" and well as the syllable "for" at the beginning of words (4get). "Before" becomes "b4" turning both symbols into singular characters. The numeral 8 represents the "8" sound at any place in a word: sk8, gr8, vac8ion, sk8er, hesit8, w8ress, 8ypical.

.txt is an extension on computer file names for files that consist of plain text without bolding, italics, underlining or special colors or graphics. Files with the .txt extension can easily be read or opened by any program that reads text. See Binary and text files.

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TXT

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

TXT is a computer file extension for text files - ie., without any formatting data stored in the file.

Usually the data is encoded in ASCII but also can be stored in Unicode as well.

TXT is also an abbreviation used by the cellular telephone network Vodafone for SMS messages.