Java Glossary : printable characters

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printable characters: Printable characters usually refers to the 7-bit ASCII set of characters, including space (32), excluding the control chars 0 to 31 and 127.
The process of converting binary to printable is called ASCII armouring, especially in the context of certificates and encryption.
armouring: essay on the various techniques for converting to and from printable ¤ Base64 ¤ encipher ¤ encode ¤ encrypt ¤ MIME

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