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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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Unicode standard
In a unicode encoding form
Computer; Unicode standard
A Unicode string is said to be in a particular Unicode encoding form if and only if it consists of a well-formed Unicode code unit sequence of that Unicode encoding form. * A Unicode string ...
Immutable property
Computer; Unicode standard
A fixed property that is also subject to a stability guarantee preventing any change in the published listing of property values other than assignment of new values to formerly unassigned code ...
Ill-formed
Computer; Unicode standard
A Unicode code unit sequence that purports to be in a Unicode encoding form is called ill-formed if and only if it does not follow the specification of that Unicode encoding form. * Any code unit ...
Implicit property value
Computer; Unicode standard
A value for an encoded character property that is given by a generic rule or by an "otherwise" clause in one of the data files of the Unicode Character Database. * Implicit property values are used ...
In-band
Computer; Unicode standard
An in-band channel conveys information about text by embedding that information within the text itself, with special syntax to distinguish it. In-band information is encoded in the same character set ...
Ill-formed code unit sequence
Computer; Unicode standard
A code unit sequence that does not follow the specification of a Unicode encoding form.
Provisional property
Computer; Unicode standard
A Unicode character property whose values are unapproved and tentative, and which may be incomplete or otherwise not in a usable state. * Provisional properties may be removed from future versions of ...
