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as you know text files transfer much faster than binary files. is it da same with files on the sd memory stick?

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  • "Text files transfer much faster than binary files"

    That statement, as it stands, is wrong!

    In fact, text usually gives a lower encoding "efficiency" than binary, so a text file containing the same information as a binary file is likely to be larger and, therefore, take longer to transmit!

    What they're probably trying to say, as Per has suggested, is that a plain-text file with no formatting, graphics, etc will be much smaller than a formatted file with graphics etc - which tends to be in a "binary" format.

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  • "Text files transfer much faster than binary files"

    That statement, as it stands, is wrong!

    In fact, text usually gives a lower encoding "efficiency" than binary, so a text file containing the same information as a binary file is likely to be larger and, therefore, take longer to transmit!

    What they're probably trying to say, as Per has suggested, is that a plain-text file with no formatting, graphics, etc will be much smaller than a formatted file with graphics etc - which tends to be in a "binary" format.

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