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|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Transfer Encodings
|released=≤1989
}}
'''Bencode''' is a Unix-centric binary-to-text encoding utility and format. The companion decoder utility is '''bdecode'''. It was developed by Reg Quinton and Ken Lalonde.

== Disambiguation ==
This Bencode is not related to the [[Bencode]] associated with BitTorrent.

== Identification ==
Files made by known versions of the software begin with the ASCII message "{{magic|Decode the following with bdecode}}".

== Software ==
* {{CdTextfiles|sourcecode/unix_c/mail/bncdbdcd.tar|bncdbdcd.tar}}
* [https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-4.0/source/n/cnews/ Slackware 4.0: source/n/cnews/] → Various files, e.g. c-news.tar.gz → bencode.c, bdecode.c