aiusepsi t1_je4oway wrote
Reply to comment by ColdDesert77 in ELI5: If digital data is stored in 0s & 1s, how does the reader know how many of the digits to take into consideration? by distinct_oversight
A document written by a human being which describes the format of the file.
It's basically an agreement between person writing software which writes that kind of file, and the person writing software which reads that kind of file.
Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments