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difference between text file and binary file

Asked 2011-05-18T01:49:24.393
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Why should we distinguish between text file and binary files when transmitting them? Why there are some channels designed only for textual data? At the bottom level, they are all bits.

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All files are saved in one of two file formats - binary or text. The two file types may look the same on the surface, but their internal structures are different.

While both binary and text files contain data stored as a series of (bits (binary values of 1s and 0s), the bits in text files represent characters, while the bits in binary files represent custom data.

answered 2011-12-04T08:24:01.030

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