How Text Encoding Works
Every character is first assigned a universal number called a code point. UTF-8 then converts that number into a sequence of one to four bytes so it can be stored or sent as raw data.
Must one character always use one byte?
Every character is first assigned a universal number called a code point. UTF-8 then converts that number into a sequence of one to four bytes so it can be stored or sent as raw data.
Must one character always use one byte?