text-based
     
         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
     
     
see also:
operating system ms-dos graphical user interface microsoft windows wordperfect microsoft word