Binary file

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A hex dump of the 318 byte Wikipedia favicon, or . The first column numerates the line's starting address, while the * indicates repetition.

A binary file is a computer file that is not a text file.[1] The term "binary file" is often used as a term meaning "non-text file".[2] Many binary file formats contain parts that can be interpreted as text; for example, some computer document files containing formatted text, such as older Microsoft Word document files, contain the text of the document but also contain formatting information in binary form.[2]

  1. ^ "Binary file definition by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)". www.linfo.org. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  2. ^ a b "Ascii vs. Binary Files". www.cs.umd.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-12.