Plain text

Plain text

Computer-encoded text that consists only of a sequence of code points from a given standard, with no other formatting or structural information. Plain text interchange is commonly used between computer systems that do not share higher-level protocols.

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Computer; Software; Unicode standard

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Telecommunications; General telecom

Unencrypted information. Note: Plain text includes voice. Synonym clear text.

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A string of text that is displayed with one value for each text attribute: typeface, slant, and weight.

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Software; Operating systems

Unencrypted, text-based data stored in a universal format that can be read by most computer systems and applications.

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Software; Online services; Email; Internet

Text in an email message that includes no formatting code. See HTML.

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Software; Operating systems

A string of text that is displayed with one value for each text attribute: typeface, slant, and weight.

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Computer; Software; Unicode standard

A Unicode encoding form assigns each Unicode scalar value to a unique code unit sequence. The Unicode Standard defines three Unicode encoding forms: UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32. * ...

Unicode encoding scheme

Computer; Software; Unicode standard

A specified byte serialization for a Unicode encoding form, including the specification of the handling of a byte order mark (BOM), if allowed. * For historical reasons, the ...

Unicode locale data markup language (LDML)

Computer; Software; Unicode standard

The XML specification for the exchange of locale data, defined by Unicode Technical Standard #35, "Unicode Locale Data Markup Language (LDML)." (See also Unicode Common Locale ...

Unicode scalar value

Computer; Software; Unicode standard

ny Unicode code point except high-surrogate and low-surrogate code points. In other words, the ranges of integers 0 to D7FF16 and E00016 to 10FFFF16 inclusive. * As a result of ...

Unicode signature

Computer; Software; Unicode standard

An implicit marker to identify a file as containing Unicode text in a particular encoding form. An initial byte order mark (BOM) may be used as a Unicode signature.

Unicode Standard Annex (UAX)

Computer; Software; Unicode standard

An integral part of the Unicode Standard published as a separate document.

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