An organization has deployed a web application that uses encoding technique before transmitting the data over the Internet. This encoding technique helps the organization to hide the confidential data such as user credentials, email attachments, etc. when in transit. This encoding technique takes 3 bytes of binary data and divides it into four chunks of 6 bits. Each chunk is further encoded into respective printable character. Identify the encoding technique employed by the organization?

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Base64 encoding is the technique that takes 3 bytes of binary data and divides it into four chunks of 6 bits, each of which is then encoded into a printable character.

An Organization Has Deployed a Web Application That Uses Encoding