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We say that a measurable function $f: [0,1] \to {\mathbf C}$ is essentially bounded if there exists an M such that ${|f(x)| \leq M}$ for almost every $x\in[0,1]$, and define $\\\|f\\\|_{L^\infty}$ to be the least $M$ that serves as such a bound. 

Let $\mathscr{L}^\infty([0,1])$ denote the set of measurable functions on $[0,1]$ that are essentially bounded and let $\sim$ be the equivalent relation on the set. Then $L^\infty([0,1]) =\mathscr{L}^\infty([0,1]) /\sim$. Here, we only care about the set structure, so the quotient is a "quotient set." 

Clearly, $C([0,1])$ is a subset of $\mathscr{L}^\infty([0,1])$. So one can define the map $\iota:C([0,1])\to L^\infty([0,1])$ with
$$
\iota(f)= [f]
$$
where $[f]$ denote an equivalent class in $L^\infty([0,1])$. 

By continuity of functions in $C([0,1])$, one can show that the map $\iota$ is injective. In other words, there is a _bijection_ between the set $C([0,1])$ and its image $\iota(C([0,1]))\subset L^\infty([0,1])$. Note that "bijection" is "set isomorphism." In this sense, one can say that $C([0,1])$ is a subset of $L^\infty([0,1])$.

With more structures on $L^\infty([0,1])$, say a normed vector space equipped with the norm topology, one can show that 

$C([0,1])$ is not dense in $L^\infty([0,1])$, 

which really means 

$\iota(C([0,1]))$ is not dense in $L^\infty([0,1])$. 

Such identification is so common in analysis that people just use the short version.