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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ill-formed

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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 ...

ill-formed code unit sequence

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A code unit sequence that does not follow the specification of a Unicode encoding form.

ill-formed code unit subsequence

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A non-empty subsequence of a Unicode code unit sequence X which does not contain any code units which also belong to any minimal well-formed subsequence of X. * In other words, an ill-formed code ...

immutable property

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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 ...

implicit property value

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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 a unicode encoding form

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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 ...

in-band

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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 ...