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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Emoticon

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A symbol added to text to express emotional effect or reaction—for example, sadness, happiness, joking intent, sarcasm, and so forth. Emoticons are often expressed by a conventional kind of "ASCII ...

Extended binary-coded decimal interchange code (EBCDIC)

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A group of coded character sets used on mainframes that consist of 8-bit coded characters. EBCDIC coded character sets reserve the first 64 code points (x00 to x3F) for control codes, and reserve the ...

Enclosing mark

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A nonspacing mark with the General Category of Enclosing Mark (Me). Enclosing marks are a subclass of nonspacing marks that surround a base character, rather than merely being placed over, under, or ...

Encoded character property

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A property of encoded characters in the Unicode Standard. * For each encoded character property there is a mapping from every code point to some value in the set of values associated with that ...

Encapsulated text

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(1) Plain text surrounded by formatting information. (2) Text recoded to pass through narrow transmission channels or to match communication protocols.

Pictograph

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(1) The Japanese word for "pictograph." (2) Any of a particular set of pictographic symbols encoded in the Unicode Standard for compatibility with Japanese telephone symbol sets.