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Definition 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Binary File
Literary usage of Binary file
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Developer's Workshopby John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb by John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb (1998)
"for information about binary file access Dear John, How Do I.. ... Whenever possible,
I read and write files using the binary file Get and Put statements. ..."
2. SAS/IML 9.1 by SAS Institute (2004)
"If you want to read a binary file, you must specify RECFM=N in the INFILE ...
RECFM=N specifies that the file is to be read in as a pure binary file rather ..."
3. SAS/CONNECT(R) 9.1 User's Guide: User's Guide by SAS Institute, Institute SAS Institute (2004)
"For example, downloading a binary file that has an LRECL of 1024 results in four
256-byte records. The data is not lost when the file is segmented by ..."
4. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for Windows by SAS Institute (2004)
"See also binary file. binary file a file that contains information that can be
read by one or more software applications but not by humans. ..."
5. SAS/ETS(R) 9.1 User's Guide, Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4 by SAS Institute (2004)
"... to create a UNIX (SUN) binary file. The UNIX binary file can then be processed
by PROC DATASOURCE using the ..."
6. Programming in Lua by Roberto Ierusalimschy (2003)
""+'/.z" for w in string. gfind(data, pattern) do print (w) end As a last example,
the following program makes a dump of a binary file. ..."
7. SAS 9.1 Output Delivery System: User's Guide by SAS Institute (2004)
"Operating Environment Information: In a mainframe environment, by default, ODS
produces a binary file that contains embedded record separator characters. ..."
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