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A file containing information which does not represent or cannot sensibly be interpreted as text. See also ASCII File, text file.
All non-texted based files. Binary files are usually images, audio data, wordprocessor files, program files, etc. If you were to open a binary file in a text-editor, you would see lots of weird symbols. Table of Contents
A file that contains data that should not be changed. Sometimes when you transfer text files they are changed to suit your computer.
A file which is not in "readable" format, such as ASCII -text, but rather is represented as bytes of data, such as in an archive or an executable program, or a .WAV file.
A binary file, unlike an ASCII file, contains more than plain text. It may contain additional code information for photos, sounds, a spreadsheet, or formatted word-processing text. Like an ASCII file, a binary file is made up of machine-readable symbols that represent 1s and 0s. Binary files include sound files, graphics files, and software, and are frequently called binaries. If you want to transmit a file over the Internet, such as downloading a piece of software, a sound or picture file, or a formatted word-processing document, choose the "binary" option. If the file is simply unformatted text, choose the "ASCII" or "text" option.
Term used in File Finder and Quick Search tools. Means a file which certainly is not a text file, so searching for text in it may be automatically excluded. More.
A file containing information that is in machine-readable form; it can be read only by an application. In terminal, these files are not converted or translated during the transfer process.
A file created by the compiler or linker. This file may be a shared library (.sl or versioned), an archived library (), a relocatable file (), or an executable (see executable).
NCL: A data file that contains integer or floating point data stored in a format not supported by NCL.
A file that contains characters other than the standard ASCII characters. You can't read binary files on a computer screen until they are uncompressed or executed. These files include compressed files which must be unzipped and executable programs which must be run on the systems for which they are created.
A file containing compiled Lisp code.
If a file contains characters other than pure text (ASCII) it is called a binary file. These include pictures, software and other media. BIT The smallest unit of computer data, a bit is either a 0 or a 1.
A non-ascii file. Whether a file is binary or ascii is determined by the C library call isascii(). Binary files are always stored in the depot in full.
A non-text file, containing information encoded in bytes. (These files appear as gibberish when viewed with a text editor.) Sometimes binary files are referred to as unformatted, and text files as formatted. See text file.
(computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application; characters use all 8 bits of each byte
a computer software file that you can look at with the appropriate software product
a file containing arbitrary bytes or words, as opposed to a text file containing only printable ASCII characters
a file containing programs that are expressed in characters only the computer can read
a file that consists of a sequence of items, each of which is of the same data type
a file that contains formatting information that will be understood only by certain applications or processors
a file that contains the binary representation of its contents
a file that has a format dtSearch cannot recognize and that does not appear to be a plain text file
a program file built for the computer architecture
Any file that is not a text file, that is, produces indecipherable output when forced to display as text.
All files which are not text files are considered binary files. Any combination of bits is possible within a binary file.
A file containing information such as a compressed archive, an image, a program, a spreadsheet, or a word-processing document. The items in the file usually cannot be displayed on a screen or printed without using some program.
Any file that is not a plain-text (or ASCII) file is a binary file. When transferring these files, you must use binary mode to avoid strange changes to the file.
Usually a file containing an image or a sound bite.
A file not in ASCII text format, such as images or programs.
A file that contains information which does not consist only of text, eg it may contain an archive, picture, sounds or spreadsheet.
It is software, images and graphic file. A nontext file.
A file that contains more than plain text (i.e., photos, sounds, a spreadsheet, or a formatted word-processing document) in contrast to ASCII files, which contain only characters.
Any file that has characters other than text.
A file that contains numbers in binary form (as opposed to ASCII characters representing the same numbers). For example, a program file is a binary file.
Any file that contains more than plain text, such as a program.
Any file that is not plain, ASCII text. For example: executable files, graphic files and compressed (ZIP) files.
Any file that is stored as binary numbers, the raw language of computers. Binary files will only run with the right software on the right computer. So a UNIX or Macintosh binary is unlikely to run on a Windows PC. On the Internet, mainly due to common Usenet usage of the term, "binary" often means image files, also called "binaries".
A file that contains more than plain text (i.e., photos, sounds, spreadsheet, etc.) In contrast to an ASCII file which only contains plain text.
Any non-text file is a binary file where any combination of bits is possible.
A file written with 8-bit source code.
Non-ASCII, non-text files where any combination of bits is possible in an 8-bit character. Binary files are usually executable program files or files used by application software.
A file containing binary information; for example, areas and executable programs.
A file that doesn't contains ASCII characters, for example pictures, sound files or executable files.
A file that cannot be read by standard text editor programs like Notepad or Simple Text. Examples: documents created by applications such as Microsoft Word or WordPerfect or DOS files with the extension ".com" or ".exe".
All non-plain text files are binaries, ie: word documents, images and audio clips.
A file that contains information which does not consist only of text. For example, a binary file might contain an archive, a picture, sounds, a spreadsheet, or a word-processing document (which includes formatting codes in addition to characters).
A file that contains a sequence of 8-bit data characters or executable code. Binary files require special software for transmission. See also BFT.
A file that may contain any data in any format; not a text file. Files in MacBinary format or AppleSingle format are binary files, as are GIF and JPEG image files, MP3 and WAV audio files, and QuickTime and MPEG video files.
A file whose contents are to be interpreted as a sequence of bits, rather than characters. There are different flavors of binary files. A "flat" binary file is a sequence of bits with no ancillary information about the file contents. This type of file is created and read by C programs. Fortran creates and reads flat binary files only when in direct-access mode. All records are the same size in a flat binary file. By default, Fortran creates another type of binary file which can contain variable-length records. This is called a sequential-access binary file. In a sequential-access binary file, record length information is embedded prior to each record.
The number system used to produce computer data, where all information is represented by one of two digits, "1" or "0", known as "bits". In FTP, binary files are made up of something other than text, such as pictures, graphics or sounds.
a file that contains codes which are not part of the ASCII character set. A binary file can contain any type of information that can be represented by an 8 bit byte - a possible 256 values.
A file that contains codes that are not part of the ASCII character set. Binary files can utilize all 256 possible values for each byte in the file.
File that contains information that does not consist only of text. For example, an archives, a picture, sounds, a spread-sheet, or a word-processing document (which includes formatting codes in addition to characters).
file containing information that is in machine-readable form; it can be read only by an application. "Binary_file" usually refers to a file that uses all 8 bits of each byte for information. Text files usually use only 7 bits, leaving the 8th bit as 0.
a file that contains pure data such as a software program.
An executable file or a file that is not in ASCII text format.
A message that is specially encoded to permit a non-text file to be distributed using Usenet. These are found in alt.binaries.
A file in binary (non-text) format. Contrast with ASCII file.
Technically, a file in which all eight bits of its component bytes are used for data. The binary file content must be interpreted by a program that understands in advance exactly how it is formatted.
A file containing data in a binary format. Before this is of use it must be interpreted according to a set of rules for any particular type of file. For example an ASCII file is binary data interpreted as text. Similarly there are other types of file such as spreadsheets, video, images etc.
a diskfile, from which the operating system is able to create a process, which is then called an instance of the binary
an exact copy of the memory involved, that is written to the disk sector(s)