Bytestring
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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