Elements of File Formats
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== Elements of binary formats == | == Elements of binary formats == | ||
| + | * [[Base2]] | ||
* [[Bit order]] | * [[Bit order]] | ||
* [[Endianness]] (little-endian, big-endian) | * [[Endianness]] (little-endian, big-endian) | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Character encoding]] | ||
| + | * [[Compression]] | ||
* [[Data type]] | * [[Data type]] | ||
| + | * [[Date and time formats]] | ||
| + | * [[Error codes and messages]] | ||
| + | * [[Error detection and correction]] | ||
| + | * [[:Category:Naming and numbering systems]] | ||
Revision as of 19:03, 4 December 2015
This section is for
- Common formats that make up only a small part of a file
- Ancillary knowledge that may be needed to help decode file formats
Elements of binary formats
- Base2
- Bit order
- Endianness (little-endian, big-endian)
- Floating point numbers
- GUID
- Integers
- Unix time (timestamp number)
- UUID
