| Subject | English | Japanese |
| comp., MS | delimited flat file | 区切られたフラット ファイル (A data file that contains one or more records separated by a record delimiter. Each delimited record contains one or more fields separated by a common field delimiter) |
| construct. | flat file | 平型ヤスリ (ひらがた・やすり) |
| comp., MS | flat file | フラット ファイル (A file consisting of records of a single record type in which there is no embedded structure information that governs relationships between records) |
| construct. | flat file | 平ヤスリ (ひら・やすり) |
| tech. | flat file | フラット•ファイル |
| comp., MS | flat file format | フラット ファイル形式 (An image file format in which individual objects cannot be edited. Files stored in JPEG, GIF, and BMP formats are all flat files. The PhotoDraw MIX file format is not a flat file format) |
| comp., MS | flat-file logging | フラット ファイル ログ (The process of creating an event log that is written to a UTF-8 formatted text file) |
| comp., MS | positional flat file | 位置指定フラット ファイル (A type of file format used to represent business documents in which the records and fields have a fixed length, eliminating the need for delimiters) |