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Character encoding
Character encoding defines a mapping between bytes and text. A sequence of bytes allows for different textual interpretations. By specifying a particular encoding (such as UTF-8), we specify how the sequence of bytes is to be interpreted. For example, in HTML we normally declare a character encoding of UTF-8, using the following line: This ensures that you can use characters from just about any human language in your HTML document, and they will display reliably.
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- Character encoding on W3C
- Character encoding on Wikipedia