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Matt Ghafouri
Matt Ghafouri

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How does Base64 work?

How does #base64 works?
ASCII characters where each Base64 character contains 6 bits of binary information.
It's very useful for storing image/audio information in Strings of information. What Base64 isn't is an encryption algorithm.

There is an amazing and simple explanation for that on YouTube. check it out.

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