Bytestring

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A text string treated as a series of single bytes rather than a series of characters of possibly varying storage size.

    "However, the underlying file model of these approaches is that of Unix files (i.e., bytestrings), whereas we assume record-structured files with key-based access."

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"However, the underlying file model of these approaches is that of Unix files (i.e., bytestrings), whereas we assume record-structured files with key-based access."

Etymology

From byte + string.

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