Found 8 records for the .HEX file extension name
There are 7 other file types using the HEX file extension:
.hex - Hex dump file
.hex - HUGO game file
.hex - Magellan GPS Receiver flash ROM upgrade file
.hex - Smart Touch Analyze and Retrieve Tool (START) update file
.hex - SPLITGRADE upgrade file
.hex - Intel Hexadecimal Object File Format
.hex - Pioneer CDJ-800MK2 firmware update file
file extension HEX - Macintosh BinHex encoded file archive (ASCII)
File extension HEX description:
BinHex, short for "binary-to-hexadecimal", is a binary-to-text encoding system that was used on the Mac OS for sending binary files through e-mail. It is similar to Uuencode, but combined both "forks" of the Mac file system together, along with extended file information. BinHexed files take up more space than the original files, but are far less likely to be corrupted in transit.
he BinHex format was created to satisfy two specific needs. First, to allow transferring binary files (therefore coded on 8 bits) sent on the Internet, whose pipes are not always "8-bit clean". This means that there must be some sort of mapping between a 8-bit stream and a 7-bit stream. Secondly, to bundle in a single container both forks composing a Macintosh file. Last but not the least, the author, Yves Lempereur, added a compression function, of the RLE type, to avoid sending repetitive sequences of identical characters.
Associated applications to file extension HEX:
Company / developer:
Apple, Inc.
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