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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Unicode Technical Note (UTN)

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Informative publication containing information of possible interest concerning the Unicode Standard or related topics.

Unicode Technical Report (UTR)

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Formally approved Unicode Consortium publication containing informative technical analysis of a topic related to the Unicode Standard.

Unicode Technical Standard (UTS)

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Formally approved specification published by the Unicode Consortium that is related to, but not part of, the Unicode Standard.

Unicode transformation format (UTF)

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An ambiguous synonym for either Unicode encoding form or Unicode encoding scheme. The latter terms are now preferred.

unification

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The process of identifying characters that are in common among writing systems.

uralic phonetic alphabet (UPA)

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The Uralic Phonetic Alphabet (UPA) or Finno-Ugric transcription system is a phonetic transcription or notational system used predominantly for the transcription and reconstruction of Uralic ...

unified repertoire and ordering (URO)

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The original set of CJK unified ideographs used in the Unicode Standard and ISO 10646. In its original form, it included 20,902 characters. Since then, 38 characters have been appended to the URO.