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• flat-file adj. A flattened representation of some database or tree or network structure as a single file from which the structure could implicitly be rebuilt, esp.
  one in flat-ASCII form. See also sharchive....
• flatten: vt. To remove structural information, esp.
  o filter something with an implicit tree structure into a simple sequence of leave...
• flatten vt. [common] To remove structural information, esp.
  o filter something with an implicit tree structure into a simple sequence of leave...
• flat: adj. 1. Lacking any complex internal structure.
  That {bitty box} has only a flat filesystem, not a hierarchical one....
• flat-ASCII: adj. Said of a text file that contains only 7-bit ASCII characters and uses only ASCII-standard control characters (that i
  has no embedded codes specific to a particular text formatter markup language, or output device, and no {meta}-characters)....
• cratch: 1. [from `scratchpad'] adj. Describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purpose
  one that can be {scribble}d on without loss. Usually in the combining forms `scratch memory', `scratch register', `scratch disk', `scratch tape', `scratch volume'....
• harchive: /shar'ki:v/ [UNIX and USENET; from /bin/sh archive] n.
  A {flatten}ed representation of a set of one or more files, with the unique property that it can be unflattened (the original files restored) by feeding it through a standard UNIX shell...
• flat adj. 1. [common] Lacking any complex internal structure.
  That bitty box has only a flat filesystem, not a hierarchical one....
• plain-ASCII: /playn-as'kee/ Syn. {flat-ASCII}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary