HTML INCODING (CHARACTER SETS) * TO DISPLAY AN HTML PAGE CORRECTLY, A WEB BROWSER MUST KNOW WHICH CHARACTER SET (CHARACTER ENCODING) TO USE. WHAT IS CHARACTER ENCODING ? * ASCII WAS THE FIRST CHARACTER ENCODING STANDARD (ALSO CALLED CHARACTER DET) ASCII DEFINED 128 DIFFERENT ALPHANUMERIN CHARACTER THAT CAN BE USED ON THE INTERNET NUMBERS : (0-9) ENGLISH LETTERS (A-Z) ARE SOME SPECIAL CHARACTER LIKE : ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ). * ISO 8859-1EAS WAS THE DEFAULT CHARACTER SET OF HTML. THIS CHARACTER SET ALSO SUPPORTED 256 DIFFERENT CHARACTER CODES. MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CLICK HERE .