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.