This is my first time working with binary data, binary specifications, etc., and I've started to mess around with the dBASE file format [0] after reading about it in <i>NodeJS in Practice</i> [1]. I know about the usual ones (e.g., PNG, JPEG, etc) at least by name and I'm now wondering about what's out there, especially less well-known formats or niche ones.<p>0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dbf<p>1: https://www.manning.com/books/node-js-in-practice
Maybe check out the descriptions of 'packing' and 'compression' here:<p><a href="https://capnproto.org/encoding.html" rel="nofollow">https://capnproto.org/encoding.html</a>