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  2. Serialization - Wikipedia

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    Flow diagram. In computing, serialization (or serialisation, also referred to as pickling in Python) is the process of translating a data structure or object state into a format that can be stored (e.g. files in secondary storage devices, data buffers in primary storage devices) or transmitted (e.g. data streams over computer networks) and reconstructed later (possibly in a different computer ...

  3. Comparison of data-serialization formats - Wikipedia

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    ^The current default format is binary. ^ The "classic" format is plain text, and an XML format is also supported. ^ Theoretically possible due to abstraction, but no implementation is included.

  4. List of file signatures - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft compressed file in Quantum format, used prior to Windows XP. File can be decompressed using Extract.exe or Expand.exe distributed with earlier versions of Windows. After compression, the last character of the original filename extension is replaced with an underscore, e.g. ‘Setup.exe’ becomes ‘Setup.ex_’. 46 4C 49 46: FLIF: 0 flif

  5. Bitstream - Wikipedia

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    Although typically implemented in low-level languages, some high-level languages such as Python [1] and Java [2] offer native interfaces for bitstream I/O. One well-known example of a communication protocol which provides a byte-stream service to its clients is the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) of the Internet protocol suite , which ...

  6. Bit array - Wikipedia

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    A bit array (also known as bitmask, [1] bit map, bit set, bit string, or bit vector) is an array data structure that compactly stores bits.It can be used to implement a simple set data structure.

  7. Binary-to-text encoding - Wikipedia

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    The best-known is the string "From " (including trailing space) at the beginning of a line, used to separate mail messages in the mbox file format. By using a binary-to-text encoding on messages that are already plain text, then decoding on the other end, one can make such systems appear to be completely transparent .

  8. Protocol Buffers - Wikipedia

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    There is no defined way to include or refer to such an external specification within a Protocol Buffers file. The officially supported implementation includes an ASCII serialization format, [ 6 ] but this format—though self-describing—loses the forward- and backward-compatibility behavior, and is thus not a good choice for applications ...

  9. Data structure alignment - Wikipedia

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    A memory address a is said to be n-byte aligned when a is a multiple of n (where n is a power of 2). In this context, a byte is the smallest unit of memory access, i.e. each memory address specifies a different byte.