What is the difference between a program file and a data file?

A program file may require a data file to work. a data file holds information that a program file may use.

A program file may only contain binary operation codes, addresses and embedded data as permitted by the designers of the computer processor that is going to be executing the program. A data file can be in any format as determined by the programmers.

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