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6 July 2025

  • curprev 23:0723:07, 6 July 2025 Mr. Goldstein talk contribs 5,649 bytes +5,649 Created page with "Okay, let's unlock another secret of how computers understand our language: '''Character Encoding'''! === 2.1.3 Character Encoding: How Computers Read Your Words === You're reading these words right now, but how does your computer know that the pattern of 0s and 1s it stores is supposed to show you the letter 'A' or the symbol '?'? It's because of something called '''character encoding'''. Think of character encoding like a giant secret codebook or a dictionary that bo..." Tag: Visual edit