Typically, using standard formats when programming can help you migrate information between different programs. Using the Comma Separated Value file format, for example, lets you create lists of data ...

The current state of ‘ill-defined encoding’ creates unnecessary problems when working with the JDK codebase, an OpenJDK proposal says. Source code for the Java Development Kit (JDK) would be redone in ...

Ever opened a file and seen strange symbols or jumbled text? That’s usually an encoding problem; your software isn’t reading the data correctly. The good news is that Microsoft Office makes it easy to ...

Over on YouTube [Nic Barker] gives us: UTF-8, Explained Simply. If you’re gonna be a hacker eventually you’re gonna have to write software to process and generate text data. And when you deal with ...