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*** 46,56 **** </table></blockquote> <p> A <i>charset</i> is named mapping between sequences of sixteen-bit Unicode characters and sequences of bytes, in the sense defined in <a ! href="http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc2278.txt"><i>RFC&nbsp;2278</i></a>. A <i>decoder</i> is an engine which transforms bytes in a specific charset into characters, and an <i>encoder</i> is an engine which transforms characters into bytes. Encoders and decoders operate on byte and character buffers. They are collectively referred to as <i>coders</i>. --- 46,56 ---- </table></blockquote> <p> A <i>charset</i> is named mapping between sequences of sixteen-bit Unicode characters and sequences of bytes, in the sense defined in <a ! href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2278.txt"><i>RFC&nbsp;2278</i></a>. A <i>decoder</i> is an engine which transforms bytes in a specific charset into characters, and an <i>encoder</i> is an engine which transforms characters into bytes. Encoders and decoders operate on byte and character buffers. They are collectively referred to as <i>coders</i>.