Q: Fill in the blank: _________is a prevalent encoding standard that allows characters to be encoded with a variable number of bytes.
or
Q: Complete the blank: A common encoding scheme called _________ allows characters can be encoded using a variable amount of bytes.
- Emoticon
- ASCII
- UTF-8
- RGB
Explanation: One of the most widely used encoding standards is UTF-8, which enables characters to be encoded using a variable amount of bytes that are used.