UTF-8 uses up to _________ byte(s) for non-ASCII characters.

2016

UTF-8 uses up to _________ byte(s) for non-ASCII characters.

  1. A.

    8

  2. B.

    4

  3. C.

    1

  4. D.

    2

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Correct answer: B

The correct option is B (4). UTF-8 is a variable-width character encoding scheme. It uses exactly 1 byte for standard ASCII characters to maintain backward compatibility, and scales dynamically up to 4 bytes (32 bits) to represent complex non-ASCII characters like emojis, mathematical symbols, and diverse global scripts.

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