Which type of file are in human readable form?

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In computing, human-readable data is often encoded as ASCII or Unicode text, rather than as binary data. In most contexts, the alternative to a human-readable representation is a machine-readable format or medium of data primarily designed for reading by electronic, mechanical or optical devices, or computers.

Is CSV human readable?

The main advantage of CSV is that it is human-readable.

Which files are not in human readable form?

whereas binary file contains a sequence or a collection of bytes which are not in a human-readable format. text files follow some simple rules whereas binary files do not.

Is XML human readable?

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is designed to be both human- and machine-readable, and Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) is used to improve presentation of the data for human readability. For example, XSLT can be used to automatically render XML in Portable Document Format (PDF).

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