flat ASCII

(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]

(1996-01-26)

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)