What is ASCII and Binary?

ASCII and Binary are modes
by which you are going to transfer your files into your web server.
Text files and other common files like your html pages, CGI Scripts,
PHP scripts, Javascripts, css files, should be uploaded in ASCII Mode. Images like your GIF's and JPEG's are uploaded in Binary Mode.

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