Table (landform) from almost all directions, terminating in cliffs. Table (landform) A table or tableland is a butte, flank of a mountain, or mountain, that has a flat top. This landform has numerous names in addition to "table", including: The term "flat" is relative when speaking of tables, and often the naming or identification of a table (or table hill or mountain) is based on the appearance of the terrain feature from a distance or from below it. An example is Mesa Verde, Colorado, where the "flat top" of the mountain is both rolling terrain and cut by numerous deep canyons and
Flat-file database from being "flat," and when it has a detailed system for describing types and hierarchical relationships, it is now too structured to be considered "flat." The following example illustrates typical elements of a flat-file database. The data arrangement consists of a series of columns and rows organized into a tabular format. This specific example uses only one table. The columns include: "name" (a person's name, second column); "team" (the name of an athletic team supported by the person, third column); and a numeric "unique ID", (used to uniquely identify records, first column). Here is an example textual representation of the