Hex editor

Rarity: Uncommon

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Notion

Domain

Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

A hex (short for hexadecimal), binary, or byte editor is software that allows for editing data as binary data. It is particularly useful for editing non-human-readable data of a file, but can be used for any data.

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Image: Authors of the Bless Hex Editor Screenshot by Watchduck, GPL, via Wikimedia Commons.