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File transfer encoding scheme
yEnc is a binary-to-text encoding scheme for transferring binary files in messages on Usenet or via e-mail. It reduces the overhead over previous US-ASCII-based encoding methods by using an 8-bit encoding method. yEnc's overhead is often as little as 1–2%, compared to 33–40% overhead for 6-bit encoding methods like uuencode and Base64. yEnc was initially developed by Jürgen Helbing, and its first release was early 2001. By 2003 yEnc became the de facto standard encoding system for binary files on Usenet. The name yEncode is a wordplay on "Why encode?", since the idea is to only encode characters if it is absolutely required to adhere to the message format standard. Wikipedia →
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- Read the landmark paper: Human Toxoplasmosis. Darrel O. Ho-Yenc, Alex W. L. Joss, eds. Pp. 265. Oxford University Press; 1992. ÂŁ27.50.Cited 1 times
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