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What is a Binary File?




          1. Binary files store data in binary form (computer



                  understandable format)


          2. Binary files are used to store data such as


                  images, video, audio, documents, database etc.



          3. In a  binary file, there is no delimiter to end a


                  line. No internal conversion like text file are


                  done.



          4. This is the reason binary file processing is faster


          5.  To process a binary file in python we use access



                  mode ‘b’.
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