flat-file

[flat-fahyl]
adjective
noting or pertaining to a database system in which each database consists of a single file not linked to any other file.

Origin:
1980–85

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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.
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