What is a byte[] array?

Question

What is a byte array is in the context of .NET framework?

I am familiar with standard definitions like array and byte and very fam

Answer 1

In .NET, a byte is basically a number from 0 to 255 (the numbers that can be represented by eight bits).

So, a byte array is just an array of the numbers 0 - 255.

At a lower level, an array is a contiguous block of memory, and a byte array is just a representation of that memory in 8-bit chunks.