For any ASCII character, UTF-8 uses ______ byte(s).
2016
For any ASCII character, UTF-8 uses ______ byte(s).
- A.
8
- B.
2
- C.
1
- D.
4
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Correct answer: C
UTF-8 is backward compatible with ASCII. The ASCII range U+0000 to U+007F is represented in UTF-8 using the same 7-bit value stored in one 8-bit byte. Therefore, each ASCII character uses 1 byte in UTF-8.