Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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UTF-8: The Internet's current favorite text encoding scheme // UTF-8 is used everywhere, but it's also not well understood by new programmers. This video explains how the UTF-8 encoding works, its advantages, and how to decode UTF8 sequences in a program.
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Accessing bits: youtu.be/F9742wnBWRc
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Welcome! I post videos that help you learn to program and become a more confident software developer. I cover beginner-to-advanced systems topics ranging from network programming, threads, processes, operating systems, embedded systems and others. My goal is to help you get under-the-hood and better understand how computers work and how you can use them to become stronger students and more capable professional developers.
About me: I'm a computer scientist, electrical engineer, researcher, and teacher. I specialize in embedded systems, mobile computing, sensor networks, and the Internet of Things. I teach systems and networking courses at Clemson University, where I also lead the PERSIST research lab.
More about me and what I do:
jacobsorber.com
https://people.cs.clemson.edu/~jsorber/
http://persist.cs.clemson.edu/
To Support the Channel:
+ like, subscribe, spread the word
+ contribute via Patreon --- [patreon.com/jacobsorber]
Source code is also available to Patreon supporters. --- [jsorber-youtube-source.herokuapp.com/]
Patreon ➤ patreon.com/jacobsorber
Courses ➤ jacobsorber.thinkific.com
Website ➤ jacobsorber.com
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UTF-8: The Internet's current favorite text encoding scheme // UTF-8 is used everywhere, but it's also not well understood by new programmers. This video explains how the UTF-8 encoding works, its advantages, and how to decode UTF8 sequences in a program.
Related Videos:
Unicode: youtu.be/Xrj6MrPYnZA
Wide characters: youtu.be/SKgkP15za_M
Bit masks: youtu.be/Ew2QnDeTCCE
Accessing bits: youtu.be/F9742wnBWRc
***
Welcome! I post videos that help you learn to program and become a more confident software developer. I cover beginner-to-advanced systems topics ranging from network programming, threads, processes, operating systems, embedded systems and others. My goal is to help you get under-the-hood and better understand how computers work and how you can use them to become stronger students and more capable professional developers.
About me: I'm a computer scientist, electrical engineer, researcher, and teacher. I specialize in embedded systems, mobile computing, sensor networks, and the Internet of Things. I teach systems and networking courses at Clemson University, where I also lead the PERSIST research lab.
More about me and what I do:
jacobsorber.com
https://people.cs.clemson.edu/~jsorber/
http://persist.cs.clemson.edu/
To Support the Channel:
+ like, subscribe, spread the word
+ contribute via Patreon --- [patreon.com/jacobsorber]
Source code is also available to Patreon supporters. --- [jsorber-youtube-source.herokuapp.com/]
