Why is the name NBT (Named Binary Tag) used? [closed]
By John Parsons •
What is the meaning of "named binary tag"?
What about NBT is binary?
11 Answer
The word binary is in the name because it stores binary data, as opposed to text data. See the NBT specification:
7NBT (Named Binary Tag) is a tag based binary format designed to carry large amounts of binary data with smaller amounts of additional data.
