noun
text-based
Used in computing to describe interfaces, programs, or systems that operate primarily through text rather than graphics.
このソフトはテキストベースのインターフェースを採用している。
This software uses a text-based interface.
GUI (graphical user interface) is the opposite of text-based; it uses visual elements like windows and icons.
CUI (character user interface) is a type of text-based interface, often used synonymously with テキストベース.
Variant with a middle dot; less common in running text.
Borrowed from English 'text-based', combining 'text' and 'based'.