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KembaraXtra-Computer Terms – binary file transfer:


Binary file transfer refers to the transmission of files that contain arbitrary binary data rather than simple text characters. In this type of transfer, the exact sequence of bytes in the file is preserved during transmission to ensure that the file remains intact and usable after it is received.


Although modern operating systems generally treat all files as sequences of bytes, older systems distinguished between text files and binary files. As a result, file transfer programs sometimes required users to specify binary mode so that programs would not attempt to modify or interpret the data during transmission.

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