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# Unicode
Unicode is a standard for encoding characters. It is a superset of ASCII, which means that ASCII is a subset of Unicode. Unicode is a 16-bit encoding, which means that it can encode 2^16 = 65536 characters. This is a lot more than ASCII, which can only encode 128 characters.
Visit the following resources to learn more:
- [@article@How Unicode Works: What Every Developer Needs to Know About Strings and 🦄](https://deliciousbrains.com/how-unicode-works/)
- [@video@Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle - Computerphile](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MijmeoH9LT4)