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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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Context-dependent property
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A property that applies to a code point in the context of a longer code point sequence. * For example, the lowercase mapping of a Greek sigma depends on the context of the surrounding characters.
Consonant cluster
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A sequence of two or more consonantal sounds. Depending on the writing system, a consonant cluster may be represented by a single character or by a sequence of characters. (Contrast digraph.)
Contextual variant
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A text element can have a presentation form that depends on the textual context in which it is rendered. This presentation form is known as a contextual variant.
Compatibility variant
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A character that generally can be remapped to another character without loss of information other than formatting.
Context-independent property
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A property that is not context dependent; it applies to a code point in isolation.
Equivalence
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In the context of text processing, the process or result of establishing whether two text elements are identical in some respect.
European digits
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Forms of decimal digits first used in Europe and now used worldwide. Historically, these digits were derived from the Arabic digits; they are sometimes called "Arabic numerals," but this nomenclature ...
