INFO
A way of encoding codepoint numbers that will correspond to a specific character or symbol (including ASCII)
- Backwards compatible with ASCII → The encoding for 1 byte is the same for the encoding for ASCII
| 1 Byte | 0xxxxxxx | (ASCII) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Byte | 110xxxxx | 10xxxxxx | |||
| 3 Byte | 1110xxxx | 10xxxxxx | 10xxxxxx | ||
| 4 Byte | 11110xxx | 10xxxxxx | 10xxxxxx | 10xxxxxx |