Definitions for "UUencoding"
Keywords:  uudecoded, ascii, uucp, binary, mime
A standard for encoding binary data. UUencoding lets you transmit binary data as 7 bit ASCII data. Once received, the data can be UUdecoded into its original binary format. Main ©1997, 1998 Webmaster JDC !-- setonclickmethods();
Before MIME, uuencoding was used to transfer binary files or files with longer record lengths by electronic mail. See also xxencoding. Return to Contents
A method for converting binary information into ASCII text. It can be used for posting to Usenet and or e-mailing with non-MIME compliant mail readers.