title: How the JavaScript String is a set of "elements" of 16-bit unsigned integer values?
body: <p>From the <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Text_formatting" rel="nofollow">MDN</a></p>
  
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    <p>JavaScript's String type is used to represent textual data. It is a set of "elements" of 16-bit unsigned integer values. Each element in the String occupies a position in the String. The first element is at index 0, the next at index 1, and so on. The length of a String is the number of elements in it. You can create strings using string literals or string objects.</p>
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  <p>How the JavaScript String type is a set of "elements" of 16-bit unsigned integer values, why not 8-bit unsigned integer values?</p>