A byte is a standard length - almost always eight bits - which can store 256 possible values. I suspect that's the part you already knew ;-)
A character is often one byte in size (ASCII, for example... well: strictly speaking that's only seven bits, but you get my drift); but depending on the encoding scheme in use, could be two, three or more bytes long. In Unicode's UTF naming standard, the number at the end (UTF-8, UTF-16, etc) denotes how many BITS each character uses. Make sense? -- Adam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
