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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Unconvertible offset

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An offset in a code unit sequence for which no code unit subsequence starting at that offset is well-formed.

Transformation format

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A mapping from a coded character sequence to a unique sequence of code units (typically bytes).

Unicameral

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A script that has no case distinctions. Most often used in the context of European alphabets.

Unassigned

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Code points that either are reserved for future use or are never to be used.

Well-formed UTF-8 code unit sequence

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A well-formed Unicode code unit sequence of UTF-8 code units. * The UTF-8 code unit sequence is well-formed, because it can be partitioned into subsequences, all of which match the specification ...

Writing system

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A set of rules for using one or more scripts to write a particular language. Examples include the American English writing system, the British English writing system, the French writing system, and ...

Writing direction

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The direction or orientation of writing characters within lines of text in a writing system. Three directions are common in modern writing systems: left to right, right to left, and top to bottom.