Text

In simple words text are sentences, words and paragraphs. They are a symbol that transmits some kind of a message. I would like to bring forth a definition I found somewhere online when I was doing a research and simply interpret it our way. It state that text refers to the original context of a particular piece of writing; that is the text of a work is that primal symbolic arrangement of letters as originally composed, apart from later alterations, deteriorations, commentary, translation, paratext, etc. Research source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_(literary_theory). So in our understanding we can put it is simple terms and say text are written words that conveys or translate a message from a sender to a receiver through  writing.