what 'MyISAM', 'utf8', 'utf8_general_ci' means?

what 'MyISAM', 'utf8', 'utf8_general_ci' means?

I'am new to mysql and i want to know what 'MyISAM', 'utf8',
'utf8_general_ci' means?
ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARACTER SET = 'utf8' DEFAULT COLLATE
'utf8_general_ci'
AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;