The ASCII encoding of binary data is called

A. Base 64 encoding

B. Base 32 encoding
C. Base 16 encoding
D. Base 8 encoding

Explanation: Base64 is used commonly in a number of applications including email via MIME, and storing complex data in XML. Problem with sending normal binary data to a network is that bits can be misinterpreted by underlying protocols, produce incorrect data at receiving node and that is why we use this code.

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