Character encoding

Character encoding is a convention of using a numeric value to represent each character of a writing script. Not only can a character set include natural language symbols, but it can also include codes that have meanings or functions outside of language, such as control characters and whitespace. Character encodings have also been defined for some constructed languages.

When encoded, character data can be stored, transmitted, and transformed by a computer.
The numerical values that make up a character encoding are known as code points and collectively comprise a code space or a code page.

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