Flat-ASCII

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flat-ASCII
Usage: adj.
Derivation: Common
Synonym(s): plain-ASCII

See Also: flat-file


flat-ASCII: adj.

[common] 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). Syn. plain-ASCII. Compare flat-file.

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Sources

Source: flat-ASCII, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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