What does Flatten Artwork do for an image?

Hello:
If I flatten an image in Photoshop it removes all transparency. But what does Flatten Artwork do in Illustrator?
When I go to Save for Web the Background is transparent. So, I am quite curious what the point is / use of it is in Ai
Thanx in advance for your time.
kara

Kara,
I wondered whether it had escaped your notice.
You may start with some artwork (vector, an image, whatever), then create a path to become a Clipping Path on top of it, and Object Clipping Mask>Make.
Now you have something that looks nice with invisible outlying parts. But in some cases some people find the unavoidable selection of the invisibible parts bothering and wish to get rid of them.
Then there is the the dirty destructive deed, with the Clipping Mask selected:
1) In the Transparency palette/panel dropdown list select anything but Normal (Multiply is fine; this step may be unneeded in your version, you may try);
2) Object>Flatten Transparency, just keep the defaults including 100% Vector;
3) Shudder.

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