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BinHex

BinHex, originally short for "binary-to-hexadecimal", is a binary-to-text encoding system which was used on the classic Mac OS for sending binary files over email. BinHexed files take up more space than the original files, but avoid data corruption by software that is not 8-bit clean.

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History

TRS-80Terminal emulatorOnline servicesCompuServeASCII armoring
27 related topics

Citations

IETFDoiRFC
3 related topics

BinHex 4 file format

Base64
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Overview

HexadecimalBinary-to-text encodingClassic Mac OSEmailData corruption
6 related topics

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Internet media type
application/mac-binhex40 · application/mac-binhex · application/binhex
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)
com.apple.binhex-archive

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History

BinHex 4 file format

Citations

  • IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
  • Doi Doi (identifier)
  • RFC Request for Comments

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BinHex

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples76
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
Components1

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BinHex

Top relations

related to Citations · 24
BinHex → August, BinHex Encoded Files, Crocker, December, Definition, Fair, Faltstrom, IETF, Lempereur, Lewis, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Mann, MIME Content Type, November, Peter, Prehistory, Re, RFC
related to Mac BinHex · 11
BinHex → CompuServe, In April, January, Mac, MacASM, Macintosh, MS BASIC, Several, The Macintosh File System, When, Yves Lempereur
related to TRS-80 BinHex · 10
BinHex → ASCII, BASIC/S, CompuServe, CompuServe's TRS-80, It, Mann, ST80-III, The, Tim Mann, TRS-80
related to Internet usage · 7
BinHex → BinHexed, Consequently, FTPmail, Internet, Mac OS, Relatively, While
related to BinHex 4 and 5 · 6
BinHex → BASIC, CRCs, Generate, In, Lempereur, This
related to BinHex 4 file format · 4
BinHex → ASCII, Base64, The, This
related to Compact BinHex · 4
BinHex → As, ASCII, Lempereur, The
Internet media type · 3
BinHex → application/binhex, application/mac-binhex, application/mac-binhex40
Filename extension · 1
BinHex → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .hqx
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) · 1
BinHex → com.apple.binhex-archive

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files file encoding format data mac ascii lempereur binary 8-bit macintosh still system used original extension internet trs-80 version popular

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BinHexFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .hqx1.00infobox
BinHexInternet media typeapplication/mac-binhex401.00infobox
BinHexInternet media typeapplication/mac-binhex1.00infobox
BinHexInternet media typeapplication/binhex1.00infobox
BinHexUniform Type Identifier (UTI)com.apple.binhex-archive1.00infobox
CompuServe whichinstance ofIt was used for sending files via major online services0.80text
not being 8-bit cleaninstance ofIt was used for sending files via major online services0.80text
required files to use ASCII armoring to surviveinstance ofIt was used for sending files via major online services0.80text
ZMODEMinstance ofmost online services had started to support robust 8-bit file transfer protocols0.80text
BinHexrelated to BinHex 4 and 5In0.60section
BinHexrelated to BinHex 4 and 5Lempereur0.60section
BinHexrelated to BinHex 4 and 5BASIC0.60section

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