BinHex

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BinHex

Summary

BinHex is a file format[1]. BinHex draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #107 of 297).[2]

Key Facts

  • BinHex's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • BinHex's instance of is recorded as binary-to-text encoding[4].
  • BinHex's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03q0t8[5].
  • BinHex's described at URL is recorded as https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2023/09/29/binhex/[6].
  • BinHex's media type is recorded as application/mac-binhex40[7].
  • BinHex's media type is recorded as application/mac-binhex[8].
  • BinHex's media type is recorded as application/binhex[9].
  • BinHex's file extension is recorded as hqx[10].
  • BinHex's file extension is recorded as hcx[11].
  • BinHex's file extension is recorded as hex[12].
  • BinHex's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as x-fmt/416[13].
  • BinHex's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as BinHex[14].
  • BinHex's Uniform Type Identifier is recorded as com.apple.binhex-archive[15].
  • BinHex's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 6920852[16].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format[3] and binary-to-text encoding[4].

Why It Matters

BinHex draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #107 of 297).[2] BinHex is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . RFC 1741: MIME Content Type for BinHex Encoded Files. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved . nationalarchives.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . developer.apple.com. Retrieved . developer.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). BinHex. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/binhex
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_binhex_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{BinHex}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/binhex}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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