Data is one of the significant parts of every organization. So does its storage, therefore it is stored by different methods. Encoding is a method used for the storage of data in an external place, it allows to convert data into a format that can be used for external processes. Apparently, ANSI and UTF 8 are the most popular encoding formats.
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References
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jatan-Patel-3/publication/258029934_Text_Conversion_Tool_Non_Unicode_to_Unicode_Text/links/00463526a8373dbf2b000000/Text-Conversion-Tool-Non-Unicode-to-Unicode-Text.pdf
- http://www.hjp.at/doc/rfc/rfc3629.html