Binary File

  

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Binary File

Definition: Binary File

Binary File

Noun

1. (computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application; characters use all 8 bits of each byte.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Specialty Definitions: Binary File

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Binary file A file containing binary data, i.e. arbitrary bytes or words, as opposed to a text file containing only printable characters (e.g. ASCII characters with codes 10, 13, and 32-126). On modern operating systems a text file is simply a binary file that happens to contain only printable characters, but some older systems distinguish the two file types, requiring programs to handle them differently. A common class of binary files is programs in machine language ("executable files") ready to load into memory and execute. Binary files may also be used to store data output by a program, and intended to be read by that or another program but not by humans. Binary files are more efficient for this purpose because the data (e.g. numerical data) does not need to be converted between the binary form used by the CPU and a printable (ASCII) representation. The disadvantage is that it is usually necessary to write special purpose programs to manipulate such files since most general purpose utilities operate on text files. There is also a problem sharing binary numerical data between processors with different endianness. Some communications protocols handle only text files, e.g. most electronic mail systems before MIME became widespread in about 1995. The FTP utility must be put into "binary" mode in order to copy a binary file since in its default "ascii" mode translates between the different text line terminator characters used on the sending and receiving computers. Confusingly, some files produced by wordprocessors, and rich text files, are actually binary files because they contain non-printable characters and require special programs to view, edit, and print them. (2002-01-19). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Binary File

Specialty definitions using "binary file": base 64, binaries, binary data, binary large object, binary package, byte-codeeight-bit clean, EXEfat binaryPortable PixmapQDOSReal Programmers Don't Use PascalsioduuencodeYMODEM. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Binary File

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Binary File Descriptor Library (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Binary File

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  binary file

41

  binary file editor

15

  binary file compare

13

  binary file viewer

11

  binary file reader

10

  binary file read

5

  basic binary file read visual

4

  binary file reading

4

  binary file format

3

  binary file vb

3

  binary file open

3

  binary file comparison

2

  binary file read script vb

2

  2002 binary file format word

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Binary File

Language Translations for "binary file"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

binær fil. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

binair bestand. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

binääritiedosto. (various references)

   

French

  

fichier binaire. (various references)

   

German

  

binärDatei. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δυαδικό αρχείο. (various references)

   

Italian

  

file binario. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

バイキング料理 (bicology, bicycle motocross, bike, binary, binary dump, bin-aural, binder, bisexual, bite, bypass, byte, byte swap, byte-code, byte-compile, motorcycle, smorgasbord, viper, vitality, work). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

バイナリファイル . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inarybay ilefay

   

Portuguese

  

ficheiro binário. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fichero binario, archivo binario. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

binär fil. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Binary File

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-i-i-l-n-r-y"

-2 letters: bilinear, brainily.

-3 letters: airline, bairnly, bifilar, bilayer, biliary, blarney, briefly, byliner, fierily, finable, friable, inlayer, rainily.

-4 letters: aerify, aerily, airily, aliner, bailer, bailey, bailie, barely, barfly, barley, belfry, berlin, binary, bleary, brainy, byline, byrnie, fabler, fainer, fairly, ferial, fibril, fibrin, finale, finely, finery, finial, flayer, infare, inlier, larine, librae, linear, linier, nailer, nearby.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-f-i-i-l-n-r-y"
 

+3 letters: refundability.

 

+4 letters: enforceability, refrangibility.

 

+5 letters: neurofibrillary, transferability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Binary File


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 69 6E 61 72 79      46 69 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01000110 01101001 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#105 &#110 &#97 &#114 &#121 &#32 &#70 &#105 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0069 006E 0061 0072 0079      0046 0069 006C 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

367580678491240757871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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