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http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/misc/misc/multi-lingualsupport/article.php/c10451/The-Basics-of-UTF8.htm

CodeGuru: The Basics of UTF-8

Short History Probably the best-known character set is the 7-bit char set known as ASCII. It stands for American Standards Committee for Information Interchange and was designed for communication in US English.
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2995/The-Complete-Guide-to-C-Strings-Part-I-Win32-Chara Introduction You've undoubtedly seen all these various string types like TCHAR , std::string , BSTR , and so on.

CodeProject: The Complete Guide to C Strings, Part I - Win32 C