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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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most significant byte (MSB)
Computer; Unicode standard
The byte of a multibyte number with the greatest importance: that is, the byte stored first on a big-endian system or last on a little-endian system.
multibyte character set (MBCS)
Computer; Unicode standard
A character set encoded with a variable number of bytes per character, often abbreviated as MBCS. Many large character sets have been defined as MBCS so as to keep strict compatibility with the ASCII ...
named Unicode algorithm
Computer; Unicode standard
A Unicode algorithm that is specified in the Unicode Standard or in other standards published by the Unicode Consortium and that is given an explicit name for ease of reference. * Named Unicode ...
namespace
Computer; Unicode standard
A set of names together with name matching rules, so that all names are distinct under the matching rules. * Within a given namespace all names must be unique, although the same name may be used with ...
nekudot
Computer; Unicode standard
Marks that indicate vowels or other modifications of consonantal letters in Hebrew.
neutral character
Computer; Unicode standard
A character that can be written either right to left or left to right, depending on context.
non-blocked pair
Computer; Unicode standard
A pair of characters in a coded character sequence, in which C is not blocked from A. * It is important for proper implementation of the Canonical Composition Algorithm to be aware that a ...
