An electronic message center. Most bulletin boards serve specific interest groups. They allow you to view messages posted by others and leave your own message if you want. Binary is often used in the context of file transfers. A binary transfer preserves such characteristics as bolding and underlining when transferring a word processing file.
Binary codes are specific to machines.
This means, for example, a file transferred in binary format from an IBM PC is not readable on a UNIX system. These jacks look like a standard telephone connection. A computer or program that requests a service from another computer or program. Lynx, Netscape, and Internet Explorer are browsers. Generally used to distinguish a text-only browser, such as Lynx, from a graphical browser, such as Netscape or Internet Explorer.