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UTF-8
Abbreviation for Unicode Transformation Format – 8-bit
In short and in plain language
UTF-8 is a rule for how a computer stores letters and signs.
It works for text in very many languages. Accents and special signs also show up right.
Web pages and many files usually use this rule.
Definition
UTF-8 is a widely used character encoding that can store text in almost all scripts and languages. Web pages, sitemaps and other files are usually encoded this way so that accented letters and special characters display correctly.