An abstract character is not a graphical glyph but a unit of textual data.

Developed nearly 40 years ago, the system allows diverse computers to exchange textual data in a common numeric language.

The files could contain either textual data or digital images of the output of experiments.

The product can index structured or unstructured textual machine-generated data.

This decreases the reliability of handling textual data through various computer systems consistently.

Discs used as storage media for textual data as distinct from programs provide one example.

New features are likely to involve 'massage' of textual data to facilitate composition.

The textual data can be specified in multiple languages.

It is used to store and search through large amounts of textual data.

An example being textual data entered where a date-time value is required.