Elaborate on bytes-like objects.
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
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bytes-like object
An object that supports the :ref:`buffer protocol <bufferobjects>`,
- like :class:`str` or :class:`bytearray`.
+ like :class:`str`, :class:`bytearray` or :class:`memoryview`.
+ Bytes-like objects can be used for various operations that expect
+ binary data, such as compression, saving to a binary file or sending
+ over a socket. Some operations need the binary data to be mutable,
+ in which case not all bytes-like objects can apply.
bytecode
Python source code is compiled into bytecode, the internal representation