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green bytes
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. (also green words ) 1. Meta-information embedded in a file, such as the
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length of the file or its name; as opposed to keeping such information in a
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separate description file or record. The term comes from an IBM user's group
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meeting (ca. 1962) at which these two approaches were being debated and the
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diagram of the file on the blackboard had the green bytes drawn in green. 2.
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By extension, the non-data bits in any self-describing format. A GIF file
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contains, among other things, green bytes describing the packing method for
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the image. Compare out-of-band , zigamorph , fence (sense 1).
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