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'''UTF-18''' is a [[Unicode]] [[Character Encodings|character encoding]] introduced by the standards document RFC 4042 in 2005. UTF-18 and its sibling [[UTF-8]] allow for efficient coding of Unicode characters on machines based on 36-bit words, using 18 and 9 bits per code point, respectively. Although they are completely valid in a technical sense, they are largely humorous, as virtually all computers designed after the early-mid 1980s use word sizes of powers of two, making these encodings largely obsolete.
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'''UTF-18''' is a [[Unicode]] [[Character Encodings|character encoding]] introduced by the standards document RFC 4042 in 2005. UTF-18 and its sibling [[UTF-9]] allow for efficient coding of Unicode characters on machines based on 36-bit words, using 18 and 9 bits per code point, respectively. Although they are completely valid in a technical sense, they are largely humorous, as virtually all computers designed after the early-mid 1980s use word sizes of powers of two, making these encodings largely obsolete.
  
 
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Name UTF-18
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Released 2005

UTF-18 is a Unicode character encoding introduced by the standards document RFC 4042 in 2005. UTF-18 and its sibling UTF-9 allow for efficient coding of Unicode characters on machines based on 36-bit words, using 18 and 9 bits per code point, respectively. Although they are completely valid in a technical sense, they are largely humorous, as virtually all computers designed after the early-mid 1980s use word sizes of powers of two, making these encodings largely obsolete.

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