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diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index ce08dbaa..95b893c8 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ Glossary bit key, you can calculate the number of bytes by dividing by 8. 128 divided by 8 is 16, so a 128 bit key is a 16 byte key. + bytes-like + A bytes-like object contains binary data and supports the + `buffer protocol`_. This includes ``bytes``, ``bytearray``, and + ``memoryview`` objects. + U-label The presentational unicode form of an internationalized domain name. U-labels use unicode characters outside the ASCII range and @@ -101,3 +106,4 @@ Glossary .. _`hardware security module`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_security_module .. _`idna`: https://pypi.org/project/idna/ +.. _`buffer protocol`: https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/buffer.html |