Bytestring
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bytestring is a noun meaning (programming) A text string treated as a series of single bytes rather than a series of characters of possibly varying storage size.
Meaning
(programming) A text string treated as a series of single bytes rather than a series of characters of possibly varying storage size.
Example Sentences
Standard Python strings are really bytestrings, and a Python character, being such a string of length 1, is really a byte.
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.
Word Forms
- bytestrings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include string, bareword, substring, varchar, token, beat-script.
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