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• flatten: vt. To remove structural information, esp.
  o filter something with an implicit tree structure into a simple sequence of leave...
• flat-file: adj. A {flatten}ed 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}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• 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....
• dike: vt. To remove or disable a portion of something, as a wire from a computer or a subroutine from a program.
  A standard slogan is "When in doubt, dike it out"....
• plain-ASCII: /playn-as'kee/ Syn. {flat-ASCII}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• oach: [Bell Labs] vt. To destroy, esp. of a data structure.
  Hardware gets {toast}ed or {fried}, software gets roached. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• crog: /skrog/ [Bell Labs] vt. To damage, trash, or corrupt a data structure.
  The list header got scrogged." Also reported as `skrog', and ascribed to the comic strip "The Wizard of Id"....
• dike vt. To remove or disable a portion of something, as a wire from a computer or a subroutine from a program.
  A standard slogan is "When in doubt, dike it out"....
• ext: n. 1. [techspeak] Executable code, esp. a `pure code' portion shared between multiple instances of a program running in a multitasking OS.
  Compare {English}. 2. Textual material in the mainstream sense...