Glossary: System Design Basics in C#
Base62
Writing numbers with 62 symbols (0-9, a-z, A-Z) instead of 10, so a number becomes a much shorter string. The URL shortener uses it to turn an ID like 125000 into `ww8`.
Glossary: System Design Basics in C#
Writing numbers with 62 symbols (0-9, a-z, A-Z) instead of 10, so a number becomes a much shorter string. The URL shortener uses it to turn an ID like 125000 into `ww8`.