macbinary

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macbinary - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  MacBinary
  
     <file format> An eight-bit wide representation of the data and
     resource forks of an Macintosh file and of relevant
     Finder information.  MacBinary files are recognised as
     "special" by several MacIntosh terminal emulators.  These
     emulators, using Kermit or XMODEM or any other file
     transfer protocol, can separate the incoming file into forks
     and appropriately modify the Desktop to display icons,
     types, creation dates, and the like.
  
     (1995-03-08)