fixed-size text
nounUK /fɪkst saɪz tɛkst/
US /fɪkst saɪz tɛkst/
Text that always takes up the same amount of space, no matter what words you put in it.
The form uses fixed-size text, so every name field is exactly twenty characters long.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A text field in a database that reserves a set number of characters for every entry.
The account code is stored as fixed-size text of ten characters.
3. Text displayed in a font where every character has the same width.
The old terminal showed fixed-size text, so the columns lined up perfectly.
4. A string in programming whose memory space is set when it is created and cannot grow.
The program crashed because the fixed-size text buffer was too small for the input.