Character encoding detection, charset detection, or code page detection is the process of heuristically guessing the character encoding of a series of bytes that represent text. The technique is recognised to be unreliable and is only used when specific metadata, such as an HTTP Content-Type: header is either not available, or is assumed to be untrustworthy.
Character encoding detection, charset detection, or code page detection is the process of heuristically guessing the character encoding of a series of bytes that represent text. The technique is recognised to be unreliable and is only used when specific metadata, such as an HTTP Content-Type: header is either not available, or is assumed to be untrustworthy.
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