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Re:Using Flat Files So Elections Don’t Break Your Server by sambeau on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @06:34AM (#2027530)
I have always used the term "static html" (as opposed to "dynamically generated html").

"Flattened files" may have been what they were meaning. "Flattened Files" would be a nice simple term for them if there wasn't confusion with Flat-file databases.

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Re:Using Flat Files So Elections Don’t Break Your Server by beej71 on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @12:08PM (#2028418)
Ah! Now it makes more sense, etymology-wise and all that.
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