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External Data Representation

External Data Representation (XDR) is a technical standard format for data serialization, for uses such as computer network protocols. It allows data to be transferred between different kinds of computer systems. Converting from the local representation to XDR is called encoding. Converting from XDR to the local representation is called decoding. XDR is…

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XDR data types

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External Data Representation

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples3
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Important terminology

xdr data format representation types standard uses different systems rfc technical computer converting local called encoding bytes four external also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
computer network protocolsinstance offor uses0.80text
stringinstance ofVariable-length types0.80text
opaque are padded to a total divisible by four bytesinstance ofVariable-length types0.80text

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