Understanding Base64 Encoding & Decoding
Base64 is a binary-to-text encoding scheme that represents binary data in an ASCII string format. By translating values into 64 safe printable characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +, /, and = padding), it allows binary information such as images, files, or key pairs to be embedded inside HTML scripts, CSS styles, XML sheets, or JSON payloads without causing parsing conflicts.
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