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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code point property

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A property of code points. * Code point properties refer to attributes of code points per se, based on architectural considerations of this standard, irrespective of any particular encoded ...

code point type

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Any of the seven fundamental classes of code points in the standard: Graphic, Format, Control, Private-Use, Surrogate, Noncharacter, Reserved.

code position

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Synonym for code point. Used in ISO character encoding standards.

code unit

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The minimal bit combination that can represent a unit of encoded text for processing or interchange. The Unicode Standard uses 8-bit code units in the UTF-8 encoding form, 16-bit code units in the ...

code unit sequence

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An ordered sequence of one or more code units. * When the code unit is an 8-bit unit, a code unit sequence may also be referred to as a byte sequence. * A code unit sequence may consist of a single ...