A computer file format in which all eight bits of the byte are used for data. Executable software (machine language programs), most word processing, database, spreadsheet and multimedia files are ...

If you ever need to write a binary file from a traditional language like C, it isn’t all that hard to do. About the worst thing you might have to deal with is attempts to fake line endings across ...

As a file editor, Disk Probe lets you make changes to binary files in much the same way you use a text editor to make a change to a text file. By paging through a file, you can find readable text, ...

The MacBinary file type is a compressed file used to transfer large amounts of data through the Internet. To open and view the contents of a MacBinary file, you must have a program that is capable of ...

Last time I talked about how to use AWK (or, more probably the GNU AWK known as GAWK) to process text files. You might be thinking: why did I care? Hardware hackers don’t need text files, right? Maybe ...

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. Jeremiah was a bullfrog, so he was always comfortable in water, or on land. JFrog Ltd on the other ...

To compare two sets of digital data in order to determine if they are 100% identical. Performed by a utility program, binary compares are often required when programmers create or modify apps and need ...

Excel files bloat from ghost used ranges, formatting, pivot caches, and images. These quick fixes massively cut the size of ...

XML has gained considerable popularity over the past few years as the solution to enterprise integration problems. It provides the means for exchanging data in a platform- and language-independent ...