(Or "green words") Meta-information embedded in a file, such as the length of the file or its name as opposed to keeping such information in a separate description file or record. The term comes from an ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=IBM">IBM user' s group meeting (ca. 1962) at which these two approaches were being debated and the diagram of the file on the blackboard had the "green bytes" drawn in green. By extension, the non-data bits in any self-describing format. "A GIF file contains, among other things, green bytes describing the packing method for the image". Compare ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=out-of-band">out-of-band, ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=zigamorph">zigamorph, ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=fence">fence. [ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File] (1994-11-02)

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