unicode
n. code of 16 bits for representing characters on a computer (similar to ASCII, but includes a very large number of characters and enables use of every alphabet for all languages in the world) | ||||
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Unicode Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Unicode
1. <character> A 16-bit character set standard, designed and maintained by the non-profit consortium Unicode Inc.
Originally Unicode was designed to be universal, unique, and uniform, i.e., the code was to cover all major modern written languages (universal), each character was to have exactly one encoding (unique), and each character was to be represented by a fixed width in bits (uniform).
Parallel to the development of Unicode an ISO/IEC standard was being worked on that put a large emphasis on being compatible with existing character codes such as ASCII or ISO Latin 1. To avoid having two competing 16-bit standards, in 1992 the two teams compromised to define a common character code standard, known both as Unicode and BMP.
Since the merger the character codes are the same but the two standards are not identical. The ISO/IEC standard covers only coding while Unicode includes additional specifications that help implementation.
Unicode is not a glyph encoding. The same character can be displayed as a variety of glyphs, depending not only on the font and style, but also on the adjacent characters. A sequence of characters can be displayed as a single glyph or a character can be displayed as a sequence of glyphs. Which will be the case, is often font dependent.
See also Jrgen Bettels and F. Avery Bishop's paper Unicode: A universal character code.
(2002-08-06)
2. Pre-Fortran on the IBM 1103, similar to MATH-MATIC.
[Sammet 1969, p.137].
(1997-11-15)
1. <character> A 16-bit character set standard, designed and maintained by the non-profit consortium Unicode Inc.
Originally Unicode was designed to be universal, unique, and uniform, i.e., the code was to cover all major modern written languages (universal), each character was to have exactly one encoding (unique), and each character was to be represented by a fixed width in bits (uniform).
Parallel to the development of Unicode an ISO/IEC standard was being worked on that put a large emphasis on being compatible with existing character codes such as ASCII or ISO Latin 1. To avoid having two competing 16-bit standards, in 1992 the two teams compromised to define a common character code standard, known both as Unicode and BMP.
Since the merger the character codes are the same but the two standards are not identical. The ISO/IEC standard covers only coding while Unicode includes additional specifications that help implementation.
Unicode is not a glyph encoding. The same character can be displayed as a variety of glyphs, depending not only on the font and style, but also on the adjacent characters. A sequence of characters can be displayed as a single glyph or a character can be displayed as a sequence of glyphs. Which will be the case, is often font dependent.
See also Jrgen Bettels and F. Avery Bishop's paper Unicode: A universal character code.
(2002-08-06)
2.
[Sammet 1969, p.137].
(1997-11-15)
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Unicode
Unicode
International Standards Organization (ISO) character standard. Unicode uses a 16-bit (2-byte) coding scheme that allows for 65,536 distinct character spaces. Unicode includes representations for punctuation marks, mathematical symbols, and dingbats, with substantial room for future expansion.
Unicode
International Standards Organization (ISO) character standard. Unicode uses a 16-bit (2-byte) coding scheme that allows for 65,536 distinct character spaces. Unicode includes representations for punctuation marks, mathematical symbols, and dingbats, with substantial room for future expansion.
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Unicode
Unicode defines a set of letters, numbers, and symbols that SQL Server recognizes in the nchar , nvarchar , and ntext data types. It is related to but separate from character sets. Unicode has more than 65,000 possible values compared to a character set's 256, and takes twice as much space to store. Unicode includes characters for most languages.
Unicode defines a set of letters, numbers, and symbols that SQL Server recognizes in the nchar , nvarchar , and ntext data types. It is related to but separate from character sets. Unicode has more than 65,000 possible values compared to a character set's 256, and takes twice as much space to store. Unicode includes characters for most languages.
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UNICODE
An encoding of the scripts of essentially all of the world’s human languages.
An encoding of the scripts of essentially all of the world’s human languages.
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Unicode
A 16-bit character set defined by ISO 10646. See also ASCII. The Unicode Worldwide Character Standard is a character coding system designed to support the interchange, processing, and display of the written texts of the diverse languages of the modern world. In addition, it supports classical and historical texts of many written languages. All source code in the Java programming environment is written in Unicode.
A 16-bit character set defined by ISO 10646. See also ASCII. The Unicode Worldwide Character Standard is a character coding system designed to support the interchange, processing, and display of the written texts of the diverse languages of the modern world. In addition, it supports classical and historical texts of many written languages. All source code in the Java programming environment is written in Unicode.
Unicode Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Unicode Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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