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UTF-16 is a way to encode [[Unicode]] text in 16-bit chunks.
UTF-16 is a way to encode [[Unicode]] characters in 16-bit (2 byte) chunks. It is referred to in code as '''wchar_t'''.


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

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UTF-16 is a way to encode Unicode characters in 16-bit (2 byte) chunks. It is referred to in code as wchar_t.

See Also

Joel Spolsky's "The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)"