Editing Binary file (section)

{{Short description|Non-human-readable computer file encoded in binary form}}
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A '''binary file''' is a [[computer file]] that is not a [[text file]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.linfo.org/binary_file.html|title=Binary file definition by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)|website=www.linfo.org|access-date=2017-10-12}}</ref> The term "binary file" is often used as a term meaning "non-text file".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cs.umd.edu/class/sum2003/cmsc311/Notes/BitOp/asciiBin.html|title=Ascii vs. Binary Files|website=www.cs.umd.edu|access-date=2017-10-12}}</ref> Many binary [[file format]]s contain parts that can be interpreted as text; for example, some [[Document file format|computer document files]] containing [[formatted text]], such as [[Doc (computing)#Microsoft Word Binary File Format|older Microsoft Word document]] files, contain the text of the document but also contain formatting information in binary form.<ref name=":1" />