flat-ascii

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flat-ascii - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.