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  1. Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using digital computers.
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    Character encoding is a way of assigning a set of characters to a sequence of numbers called code points in order to facilitate data storage and transmission. ASCII is one of the oldest encoding schemes used in legacy systems.
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    Character encoding tells computers how to interpret digital data into letters, numbers and symbols. This is done by assigning a specific numeric value to a letter, number or symbol. These letters, numbers, and symbols are classified as “characters”.
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    We use encoding to convert these. So, encoding is the method or process of converting a series of characters, i.e, letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols into a special or unique format for transmission or storage in computers. Data is represented in computers using ASCII, UTF8, UTF32, ISCII, and Unicode encoding schemes.
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    A character encoding provides a key to unlock (ie. crack) the code. It is a set of mappings between the bytes in the computer and the characters in the character set. Without the key, the data looks like garbage.
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    Basically, you can visualise this by assuming that all characters are stored in computers using a special code, like the ciphers used in espionage. A character encoding provides a key to unlock (ie. crack) the code. It is a set of mappings between the bytes in the computer and the characters in the character set.
    A character set is a list of characters with corresponding numeric codes, while character encoding is the method used to represent these characters in binary so they can be stored in a computer or transmitted over a network.
    As a content author or developer, you should nowadays always choose the UTF-8 character encoding for your content or data. This Unicode encoding is a good choice because you can use a single character encoding to handle any character you are likely to need. This greatly simplifies things.
    If you don’t specify a character encoding in your HTML document, the browser may use a default encoding to interpret your document, which could lead to incorrect display of characters. This is especially problematic if your document contains non-ASCII characters.
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    Character encoding - Wikipedia

    Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using digital computers. The numerical values that make up a character encoding are known as "code … See more

    The history of character codes illustrates the evolving need for machine-mediated character-based symbolic information over a distance, using once-novel electrical means. The earliest codes were based upon manual and … See more

    Informally, the terms "character encoding", "character map", "character set" and "code page" are often used interchangeably. Historically, the same standard would specify a repertoire … See more

    As a result of having many character encoding methods in use (and the need for backward compatibility with archived data), many … See more

    • Mackenzie, Charles E. (1980). Coded Character Sets, History and Development (PDF). The Systems Programming Series (1 ed.). See more

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    Unicode and its parallel standard, the ISO/IEC 10646 Universal Character Set, together constitute a unified standard for character encoding. … See more

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    WebASCII (/ ˈ æ s k iː / ⓘ ASS-kee),: 6 an acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication. ASCII codes represent text in computers, …