Unicode codes

Unicode is a world standard that assigns a unique code point (a number) to each character, such as A, é, 中 or π. These code points make it possible for different computers and systems to represent the same characters consistently. Importantly, Unicode also enables user to use their own native language on their computer systems. UTF-8 is an encoding that specifies how those Unicode code points are stored as bytes. In other words, Unicode defines which number represents a character, while UTF-8 defines how that number is converted into bytes. UTF-8 uses 1–4 bytes per character and is the dominant Unicode encoding on the web.

The Unicode Consortium is the organisation currently responsible for maintaining the Unicode Standard This includes the Unicode code-point assignments.  Unicode Consortium also publishes the Unicode Standard. UTF-8 is one of the encoding schemes defined for representing these Unicode characters.

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