Question 1

How is text converted to binary?

Accepted Answer

Each character has a numeric code (ASCII/Unicode). That number converts to binary. A=65=01000001. hello = 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111.

Question 2

Why would I need text as binary?

Accepted Answer

Educational purposes to understand computers. Low-level debugging. Analyzing file formats. Understanding character encodings. Creating visual art with binary patterns.

Question 3

What character encoding should I use?

Accepted Answer

UTF-8 is the modern standard - it handles all characters and is backward-compatible with ASCII. Use it unless you have specific legacy requirements.

Question 4

Will encoding/decoding change my data?

Accepted Answer

Proper encoding is reversible. However, using wrong encoding can corrupt special characters. Always use the same encoding for encode and decode.

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