Binary

Computers represent internal information as binary, a system consisting of 1's and 0's. Graphics, sounds, and executable programs are stored as binary files.

Binary files require different handling than standard text files:

• Because binary files are larger than text files, it takes more time to complete a connection to a Web site that uses a lot of sounds and graphics. To increase the speed of your Internet connection, you can often set options on your browser to exclude graphics.
• To send binary files via e-mail, you must first convert them to text by uuencoding them. The person to whom you send the uuencoded files converts them back to binary by decoding them. Programs for uuencoding and uudecoding files are available commercially and on the Internet.

URLs:

• How to Count in Binary

W3E Resources:

UUencode

UUdecode