[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}.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {flat-file}{flatten}{plain-ASCII}{text}]