binary format

(1) Numbers stored in pure binary form in contrast to their decimal representation. See binary numbers and binary file.

(2) All data/information stored in the computer, which is coded in binary. See bit.

(3) A file transfer mode that transmits a file without any change whatsoever. See FTP.

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