Incorrect explanation about what is the UTF-8
At 2:59 in video show that UTF-8 is the encoding that will turn text into machine language but UTF-8 encoding allows byte data to be transformed into human-readable characters, and decoding UTF-8-encoded data retrieves the original text by reversing the encoding process.
Is that correct?
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Hi Dome!
Thanks for reaching out.
What you say is correct. On our end, perhaps it would be more precise to say that UTF-8 transforms text into a binary format which can be read and stored by computer systems (not exactly machines, as we say). We said 'machines' to present a simplified explanation of the purpose of using UTF-8, while avoiding details.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Martin
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