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Character encoding

UTF-7 is an obsolete variable-length character encoding for representing Unicode text using a stream of ASCII characters. It was originally intended to provide a means of encoding Unicode text for use in Internet E-mail messages that was more efficient than the combination of UTF-8 with quoted-printable. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: UTF-7A 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Antifungal mechanisms of the antagonistic bacterium Bacillus mojavensis UTF-33 and its potential as a new biopesticideInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Introduction to Computing Using PythonThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Presumed pluripotency markers UTF-1 and REX-1 are expressed in human adult testes and germ cell neoplasmsCited 86 times
  5. Go sideways: Base64A closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Comparison of Unicode encodingsA closely related topic

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