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Base64 is a type of encoding that allows
files
or data
to be
embedded in
media
that otherwise does not allow certain data. For example,
binary
files, such as
images,
often contain
bytes
that can interrupt an
e-mail
transmission, so
attachments are often base64-encoded (using
MIME)
so that this binary data is converted into a friendlier format.
This format only contains the
ASCII
characters 'A' through 'Z' (upper and lower case),
digits
'0' through '9',
symbols '+', '/', and '=' for
padding. This adds up to 64 different values, hence the name
"base 64". Base64 encoded data must be decoded in order to get
back the original data. Also see:
MIME,
Uuencode
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