What is the difference between character set and character encoding?
Location: http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=219550 Created: Sep 30, 2000 Modified: 2000-09-30 10:27:17.526 Author: Joe Sam Shirah (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=42100) Question originally posed by sharma MR (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=4939 Here’s the best document for a definitive answer, including the difference between character set and charset: RFC2278.