Apple stealthily introduced Apple Sparse Image Format (ASIF), a new sparse disk image format for Apple Silicon, at WWDC; ...

or the ability for the file structure to change over time. Among the two columnar formats, ORC offers better schema evolution, according to Nexla. However, Avro offers superior schema evolution thanks ...

Currently, chemical structures for these impurities are submitted in the Electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD) (2) as unmanipulable portable data files (PDF files). Further review of the ...

An interim data format for converting from one file or database structure to another. Also called a "data interchange format," the source data is converted into the exchange format by one program ...

Monica Chin is a senior reviewer covering laptops and other gadgets. Monica was a writer for Tom’s Guide and Business Insider before joining The Verge in 2020. Catherine Garland, an ...

ENSDF is a database that contains evaluated nuclear structure and decay information for over 3,000 nuclides. An international network of evaluators regularly contributes to the database, which is ...