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{{about|the storage of text in computers|the transmission of data across noisy channels|variable-length code}}

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A '''variable-width encoding''' is a type of [[character encoding]] scheme in which codes of differing lengths are used to encode a [[character set]] (a repertoire of symbols) for representation in a [[computer]]. Most common variable-width encodings are '''multibyte encodings''', which use varying numbers of [[byte]]s ([[octet (computing)|octets]]) to encode different characters.