For any ASCII character, UTF-8 uses ______ byte(s).

2016

For any ASCII character, UTF-8 uses ______ byte(s).

  1. A.

    8

  2. B.

    2

  3. C.

    1

  4. 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.

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