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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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Coded character set (CCS)
Computer; Unicode standard
A character set in which each character is assigned a numeric code point. Frequently abbreviated as character set, charset, or code set.
Combining character
Computer; Unicode standard
A character with the General Category of Combining Mark (M). * Combining characters consist of all characters with the General Category values of Spacing Combining Mark (Mc), Nonspacing Mark (Mn), ...
Combining character sequence (CCS)
Computer; Unicode standard
A maximal character sequence consisting of either a base character followed by a sequence of one or more characters where each is a combining character, zero width joiner, or zero width non-joiner; ...
Code unit sequence
Computer; Unicode standard
An ordered sequence of one or more code units. * When the code unit is an 8-bit unit, a code unit sequence may also be referred to as a byte sequence. * A code unit sequence may consist of a single ...
Coded character sequence
Computer; Unicode standard
An ordered sequence of one or more code points. * A coded character sequence is also known as a coded character representation. * Normally a coded character sequence consists of a sequence of encoded ...
Collation
Computer; Unicode standard
The process of ordering units of textual information. Collation is usually specific to a particular language. Also known as alphabetizing or alphabetic sorting. Unicode Technical Standard #10, ...
Codespace
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(1) A range of numerical values available for encoding characters. (2) For the Unicode Standard, a range of integers from 0 to 10FFFF16.
