<
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.