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A tuple is a container of a fixed number of terms. This is the equivalent of a vector (taking all sorts of scalars) in other languages.
A list is a container of a variable number of terms. This is the equivalent of a linked list.
A binary is really a blob of memory. It is used as an platform independent storage format. Terms may be transformed into binaries, and vice versa.