The extension .BIN belongs to the files of the type Binary Disc Image. This is a disk image file created from an optical disk and stores the data in binary format. This file can be mounted as a virtual physical drive using virtual drive management software.

The file structure of the binary disk image files allows the users to store metadata of the disk image along with the data related to the disk. Moreover, the .BIN file itself can be a part of a larger file like a .cue file which holds metadata along with the data in a single image.