Apache Avro

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Avro is a framework developed within Apache's Hadoop project for row-oriented remote procedure calls and data serialization. It employs JSON to define data types and protocols, and serializes data into a compact binary format.

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Extensions	`.avro`
Signatures	`4f626a01` at byte 0 (Apache Avro)
PRONOM	`fmt/2029`
Wikidata	`Q105855052`

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Apache AvroOpen sourcereads and writes · Apache Software License 2.0
jEditOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later

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