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Definition
BinHex
<file format> A Macintosh format for representing a {binary
file} using only printable characters. The file is
converted to lines of letters, numbers and punctuation.
Because BinHex files are simply text they can be sent through
most electronic mail systems and stored on most computers.
However the conversion to text makes the file larger, so it
takes longer to transmit a file in BinHex format than if the
file was represented some other way.
Filename extension: .hqx.
See also BinHex 4.0, uuencode.
[Encoding algorithm? ]
(1994-11-30)
Wikipedia
BinHex
BinHex, originally short for "binary-to-hexadecimal", is a binary-to-text encoding system that was used on the classic Mac OS for sending binary files through e-mail. Originally a hexadecimal encoding, subsequent versions of BinHex are more similar to uuencode, but combined both "forks" of the Mac file system together along with extended file information. BinHexed files take up more space than the original files, but will not be corrupted by non-"8-bit clean" software.
