Understanding Encoding & Decoding
What is Base64?
Base64 is a group of binary-to-text encoding schemes that represent binary data in an ASCII string format. It is commonly used when there is a need to encode binary data that needs to be stored and transferred over media that are designed to deal with text.
What is URL Encoding?
URL encoding, also known as "percent-encoding," is a mechanism for encoding information in a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). It replaces unsafe ASCII characters with a "%" followed by two hexadecimal digits.
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