When is a text file also a binary file? When it's been compressed or archived, of course. What are archiving and compression? In this section, we'll learn what file archives and compressed files are, how archiving and compression work, and the various standards for each.
This is an important section as a lot of real-world data (especially, delimited data) will be compressed when you find it out in the real world. What are the most common compression formats that you as a data scientist are likely to run into? We will definitely find the answer to this question. You might also want to compress your data when you share it with others. How can you figure out which compression method is the best choice?