Why is base64 needed (aka why can't I just email a binary file)?
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I was reading up on Base64 encoding, and found this on Wikipedia: Base64 encoding schemes are commonly used when there is a need to encode binary data that needs be stored and transferred over media that are designed to deal with textual data. ... and the example given is sending binary files via e…
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There is a good Wikipedia article on this. The earliest iterations of NCP as used by ARPAnet were more like bit streams than byte streams, or attempts to negotiate a convenient byte size; the 8-bit byte was only standardized on much later. There wer…
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