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The 6 pages that link to UTF-8, each with the reason it gives.

• UnicodeBroader topic: It is the most widely used encoding for storing and transmitting Unicode text.

• Character encodingBroader topic: Its byte patterns encode Unicode while preserving ASCII compatibility.

• ByteBroader topic: UTF-8 shows why a character may occupy different numbers of bytes.

• ASCIIRelated: Its ASCII-compatible prefix preserves existing text and software conventions.

• Ken ThompsonRelated: Thompson co-designed UTF-8 with Rob Pike for Plan 9.

• Text fileBroader topic: It is the dominant encoding for text files on the web.