The UTF-8 encoding that Ken worked on is used for what?
Video Encoding
Audio Encoding
File Compression
Text encoding
Answer
Text encoding is the process of converting characters into a format that can be stored or transmitted digitally. UTF-8 is a variable-length character encoding for Unicode that uses one to four bytes to encode each character. It is the most commonly used encoding on the internet and is supported by all modern browsers and operating systems.
The Revolutionary Genius: Ken Thompson and the Unix Legacy
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