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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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abjad
Computer; Unicode standard
A writing system in which only consonants are indicated. The term “abjad” is derived from the first four letters of the traditional order of the Arabic script: alef, ba, jeem, dal.
abstract character
Computer; Unicode standard
A unit of information used for the organization, control, or representation of textual data. * When representing data, the nature of that data is generally symbolic as opposed to some other kind of ...
abstract character property
Computer; Unicode standard
A property of abstract characters. * Abstract character properties refer to attributes of abstract characters per se, based on their independent existence as elements of writing systems or other ...
abstract character sequence
Computer; Unicode standard
An ordered sequence of one or more abstract characters.
abugida
Computer; Unicode standard
A writing system in which consonants are indicated by the base letters that have an inherent vowel, and in which other vowels are indicated by additional distinguishing marks of some kind modifying ...
accent mark
Computer; Unicode standard
A mark placed above, below, or to the side of a character to alter its phonetic value.
diacritic
Computer; Unicode standard
(1) A mark applied or attached to a symbol to create a new symbol that represents a modified or new value. (2) A mark applied to a symbol irrespective of whether it changes the value of that symbol. ...
