Question

The ASCII encoding of binary data is called

(a) base 64 encoding

(b) base 32 encoding

(c) base 16 encoding

(d) base 8 encoding

The question was posed to me in class test.

This intriguing question comes from Application Layer in portion Application Layer of Computer Network

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) base 64 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.