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Also known as 7-bit Unicode Transformation Format

UTF-7 (7-bit Unicode Transformation Format) is an obsolete variable-length character encoding for representing Unicode text using a stream of ASCII characters. It was originally intended to provide a means of encoding Unicode text for use in Internet E-mail messages that was more efficient than the combination of UTF-8 with quoted-printable.

Key facts

Character encoding.name
UTF-7
Character encoding.lang
International <!-- Not
Character encoding.extends
ASCII as even plain ASCII text can be reinterpreted. -->
Character encoding.encodes
ISO/IEC 10646 (Unicode)
Character encoding.prev
HZ-GB-2312
Character encoding.next
UTF-8 over 8BITMIME
Character encoding.classification
Unicode Transformation Format, ASCII armor, variable-width encoding, stateful encoding

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