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But .txt is not the same as .rs; yet .txt is not the same as .docx, although both of these files look the same to the human eye.

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[-] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

There are also “blobs,” or simply “other” files which are intended to be machine-readable. But that’s getting down into the weeds a bit.

.txt and .docx are both text - the latter just has additional text that’s intended for the program to help display said text in various ways.

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