where does the term flat-file come from?

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Published on 2010-04-29T22:26:57Z Indexed on 2010/04/29 22:27 UTC
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I was wondering if anyone knows. Is 'flat' the opposite of hierarchal? Does it come from a phrase like, "this is a flat-out regular file"?

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