text-basedWorking 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)