Answer: What is the difference between a string and a byte string?

answer re: What is the difference between a string and a byte string?

Jul 9 '15

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The only thing that a computer can store is bytes.

To store anything in a computer, you must first encode it, i.e. convert it to bytes. For example:

• If you want to store music, you must first encode it using MP3, WAV, etc.
• If you want to store…

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