Why are hex editors called binary editors?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/1055977/...

Accepted answer links:
[Binary file - Wikipedia]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_fil...
[Hex editor - Wikipedia]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_editor

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