Differences between text files and binary files.

[LoneWolf]

I'm doing some exercises because I'll have a test next week and one of the questions I found is "What is the difference between text files and binary files?"
This question is about file input/output in C++. I know some differences, but I'm not sure how to answer it. So I'd like to make a list with the most important differences so I can come up with a decent answer.

[WingedPanther]

text file = human readable.
binary file = not human readable.

[LoneWolf]

Besides that, could I say that data within text files can be read as character strings, while binary files could only be read as data blocks?

[WingedPanther]

Unfortunately, no. Binary data is still a string of characters. It is in the interpretation of those characters that the data becomes meaningful.