Unicode standard

Unicode standard

The Unicode standard is a character coding system designed to support the worldwide interchange, processing, and display of the written texts of the diverse languages and technical disciplines of the modern world.

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Well-formed UTF-16 code unit sequence

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A well-formed Unicode code unit sequence of UTF-16 code units.

Well-formed UTF-32 code unit sequence

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A well-formed Unicode code unit sequence of UTF-32 code units.

Well-formed code unit sequence

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A code unit sequence that follows the specification of a Unicode encoding form.

Canonical composition algorithm

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Starting from the second character in the coded character sequence (of a Canonical Decomposition or Compatibility Decomposition) and proceeding sequentially to the final character, perform the ...

Byte-swapped

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Reversal of the order of a sequence of bytes.

Canonical equivalent

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Two character sequences are said to be canonical equivalents if their full canonical decompositions are identical. * For example, the sequences and are canonical equivalents. Canonical ...

Canonical decomposable character

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A character that is not identical to its canonical decomposition. It may also be known as a canonical precomposed character or a canonical composite character. * For example, U+00E0 Latin small ...