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<reference anchor='RFC0294'>

<front>
<title>The Use of "Set Data Type" Transaction in File Transfer Protocol</title>
<author initials='A.' surname='Bhushan' fullname='Abhay Bhushan'>
<organization>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)</organization></author>
<date month='January' day='25' year='1972' />
<abstract>
<t>As mentioned in RFC 265, the opcode of '00' is set aside for the clarify the use of 'set data type' in file transfer operations.</t>
<t>In many systems such as Multics at MIT, there is no provision to identify the type of data (i.e., ASCII or numeric) stored in files.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='294' />
</reference>
