Question

Differentiate between text i/o and binary i/o

Answer 1

In text mode, a file is interpreted as a sequence of characters while in binary mode, data is interpreted as raw binary values, usually bytes. According to the text, “computers do not differentiated between text and binary files” because all files are stored in binary format. The text I/O is built from the binary I/O providing an abstraction for character encoding and decoding.