8-bit Characters

"8-bit charcters" are so-named because they are not part of the normal character set, which uses 7 bits to denote each 'standard' character. There are many 8-bit characters; one must refer to HTML standards to see them all.

Following are examples of 8-BIT CHARACTERS:

The "Á" which begins the words, above, is an 8-bit character. The two examples are formed in different ways. Use 'View Source' to see how.

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