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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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composite character sequence
Computer; Unicode standard
A maximal character sequence consisting of either a base character followed by a sequence of one or more characters where each is a combining character, zero width joiner, or zero width non-joiner; ...
combining class
Computer; Unicode standard
A numeric value in the range 0..254 given to each Unicode code point, formally defined as the property Canonical_Combining_Class. * The combining class for each encoded character in the standard is ...
compatibility
Computer; Unicode standard
(1) Consistency with existing practice or preexisting character encoding standards. (2) Characteristic of a normative mapping and form of equivalence.
compatibility character
Computer; Unicode standard
A character that would not have been encoded except for compatibility and round-trip convertibility with other standards.
compatibility composite character
Computer; Unicode standard
Synonym for compatibility decomposable character.
compatibility decomposable character
Computer; Unicode standard
A character whose compatibility decomposition is not identical to its canonical decomposition. It may also be known as a compatibility precomposed character or a compatibility composite character. * ...
