This project is part of my Tech 202 final project, which is a creativity project. The following actions will be possible: -Convert any ASCII text to a false binary representation. I say "false binary ...

The current way to detect whether a STL mesh file is in ASCII or binary format is to check the first 5 bytes of the file. If those bytes are the ASCII codes of "solid", it is treated as ASCII format.

Do you know how to read binary codes? Pretty impressive if you do, since they’re a computer’s language. Binary coding is a system of counting that boils down to two digits—one (1) and zero (0) that ...

A binary file is computer readable but not human readable. Binary formats are used for executable programs and numeric data, whereas text formats are used for textual data. Binary files are typically ...

This article was taken from the February 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands ...