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Unicode

Unicode

5 4.5
A standard that lets computers use characters from many languages, including emoji
  • noun
  • /ˈjuːnɪkoʊd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Unicode
  • A list of Unicode codes can be found at unicode.org; for example, the integral sign character is "222b."
  • Unicode standard
  • Unicode and ASCII
  • use Unicode

But the characters from it are in Unicode and well, so are emoji.

Examples

  • But the characters from it are in Unicode and well, so are emoji.

    Computerphile

  • When editing text on canvas, press Ctrl+U, then type the Unicode code point of the symbol you need.

    Blog text (26)

  • It's the Yeah, the Unicode code for smart, smart quotes.

  • There are several Unicode symbols which could work, even divided into disciplines.

    Blog text (5)

  • Additionally, because of the weak performance aspects of Ruby and the lack of good Unicode support, it was not useful for my projects.

    Blog text (30)

  • Perl 5.16.0 supports most of Unicode 6.1, so you can even use Unicode characters in symbol names now.

    Blog text (7)

  • And because of the Internet, there's a kind of growth in Cherokee symbols and there are Unicode symbols for Cherokee.

  • There are several different systems for coding Chinese characters, such as Big5, EACC, GB, HZ, and Unicode.

    Blog text (11)

  • ArsClip is a free Windows clipboard utility that supports pictures, formatted text, Unicode, and HTML, and allows you to categorize your entries into permanent clip groups.

    Blog text (9)

  • The Vietnamese government adopted Unicode as its national standard for text encoding.

How Common

Unicode
  • Specialized
5 4.5
ASCII
  • Specialized
1 4.6
EBCDIC
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

Unicode singular
Unicodes plural

Morphology

Unicode = code (semi-transparent) = uni + code

The element 'code' is transparent, but 'uni' is a coined/abbreviated element standing for 'universal' (not the regular 'uni-' = one), so the full meaning 'universal code' is not fully obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Unicode comes from uni- meaning 'one' and code meaning 'a system of symbols'. It was created as a single 'one code' to hold letters and symbols from many languages, so Unicode is the standard that lets computers show text from around the world.