Encoding Schemes and Number System · Class 11 · CBSE · Science Computer Science
Which statement about UTF-8 is correct?
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medium · MCQ · Q-0AC430
Which statement about UTF-8 is correct?
- A.Every character is always stored using exactly 2 bytes.
- B.It can represent only the 128 characters of basic ASCII.
- C.It uses a variable number of bytes, from 1 to 4, for a character.Correct answer
- D.It is a number system having base 8.
Solution
UTF-8 is a Unicode encoding scheme that uses a variable-length representation. A character can occupy between 1 and 4 bytes, allowing it to represent a large range of characters while remaining compatible with basic ASCII.
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