Flat ASCII

<text> (Or "plain ASCII") Said of a text file that contains only 7-bit ASCII characters and uses only ASCII-standard control characters (that is, has no embedded codes specific to a particular text formatter markup language, or output device, and no meta-characters).

Compare flat file.

[Jargon File]

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Flash Lights Impressively flash memory Flash ROM flat flat address space	flat file flatten plain ASCII text	flat file flatten flat thunk flavor flavorful