UTF-8
variable-width encoding (into one to four bytes) and transformation format of code points for the universal character set defined by ISO/IEC 10646 and The Unicode® Standard, compatible with ASCII
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UTF-8
Summary
UTF-8 is a variable-width character encoding[1]. UTF-8 draws 1,507 Wikipedia views per month (variable_width_character_encoding category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]
Key Facts
- UTF-8 is the creator of Rob Pike[3].
- UTF-8 is the creator of Q1107006[4].
- UTF-8's instance of is recorded as variable-width character encoding[5].
- UTF-8's instance of is recorded as Extended ASCII[6].
- UTF-8's instance of is recorded as Unicode transformation format[7].
- UTF-8's instance of is recorded as character encoding scheme[8].
- UTF-8's Commons category is recorded as UTF-8[9].
- UTF-8's language of work or name is recorded as multiple languages[10].
- UTF-8's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-09-02T00:00:00Z[11].
- UTF-8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g4g[12].
- UTF-8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07x89[13].
- UTF-8's described at URL is recorded as https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.1?topic=unicode-utf-8[14].
- UTF-8's described at URL is recorded as https://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#UTF8[15].
- UTF-8's described by source is recorded as RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646[16].
- UTF-8's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/utf-8[17].
- UTF-8's different from is recorded as Unicode[18].
- UTF-8's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as UTF-8[19].
- UTF-8's Quora topic ID is recorded as UTF-8[20].
- UTF-8's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19604563[21].
- UTF-8's data size is recorded as {'unit': 'Q8805', 'amount': '+8'}[22].
- UTF-8's ITU/ISO/IEC object ID is recorded as 1.0.10646.0.0.8[23].
- UTF-8's derivative work is recorded as CESU-8[24].
- UTF-8's last update is recorded as +2003-11-00T00:00:00Z[25].
- UTF-8's schematic is recorded as Codificación UTF-8.svg[26].
- UTF-8's Fandom article ID is recorded as htmlcss:UTF-8[27].
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Designation and Status
Recorded instance of include variable-width character encoding[5], Extended ASCII[6], Unicode transformation format[7], and character encoding scheme[8].
Why It Matters
UTF-8 draws 1,507 Wikipedia views per month (variable_width_character_encoding category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] UTF-8 has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] UTF-8 is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]