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Text encoding maps abstract characters to numeric codes and ultimately to bytes.
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Software decodes bytes according to a chosen character encoding, operates on text abstractions, and re-encodes when storing or transmitting.
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Mojibake, replacement characters, incorrect string length, and normalization mismatches demonstrate what happens when software confuses bytes, code points, or user-perceived characters.
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