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...t (XML, JSON, YAML, SQL, CSV?) ?or use a binary serialization of same (BSON, CBOR, Binary XML?) ?or use FlatBuffers [2] ?or use ASN.1 [3] or, or or. This problem is *solved*. The only difficult part is choosing which of the many available solutions to use. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_Data_Representation [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlatBuffers [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Syntax_Notation_One

We have been fortunate to hang onto one of our summer interns for part time work on weekends during the current school year. One of the intern's jobs is to load documents and data which are then processed.? The documents are .txt, .docx, and .pdf files. The data files are raw sensor outputs usually captured using ADCs mostly with eight bit precision.? All files are loaded or moved from one