python_doc_md/Intermediate/library/binary.md

# Binary Data Services {#binaryservices}

The modules described in this chapter provide some basic services operations for manipulation of binary data. Other operations on binary data, specifically in relation to file formats and network protocols, are described in the relevant sections.

Some libraries described under `textservices`{.interpreted-text role="ref"} also work with either ASCII-compatible binary formats (for example, `re`{.interpreted-text role="mod"}) or all binary data (for example, `difflib`{.interpreted-text role="mod"}).

In addition, see the documentation for Python\'s built-in binary data types in `binaryseq`{.interpreted-text role="ref"}.

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