UTF-8

UTF-8 (8-bit Unicode Transformation Format) is a lossless, variable-length character encoding for Unicode created by Ken Thompson and Rob Pike. It uses groups of bytes to represent the Unicode standard for the alphabets of many of the world's languages. UTF-8 is especially useful for transmission over 8-bit Electronic Mail systems.

History

UTF-8 was invented by Ken Thompson on September 2, 1992, on a placemat in a New Jersey diner with Rob Pike. The day after, Pike and Thompson implemented it and updated their Plan 9 operating system to use it throughout.

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Ken Thompson - September 2 - 1992 - Placemat - New Jersey - Diner - Rob Pike - Plan 9 - Operating system

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UTF-8 was first officially presented at the USENIX conference in San Diego January 25-29 1993.

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USENIX - San Diego - January 25 - 29 - 1993

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