binary file

Other forms: binary files

Definitions of binary file
  1. noun
    (computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application; characters use all 8 bits of each byte
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    type of:
    computer file
    (computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form
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