Encoding????????????

[Sandeep Krishna]

hi guys...   can someone tell me...what does the Encoding in the browser (IE5) imlpy..... does it mean that the Encoding (say UTF-8 or Chinese Big5) shall be used for encoding/ decoding any data ..(page) to be displayed or sent....   i mean if i use an encoding like Big5 .... how does it encode a chinese character...similar to utf-8 or differently..??? and can i display a Korean charactrer... using big5???   pls explain the Encoding.part??????   thankx and regards,   Sandeep