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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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Unicode standard
default ignorable
Computer; Unicode standard
Default ignorable code points are those that should be ignored by default in rendering unless explicitly supported. They have no visible glyph or advance width in and of themselves, although they may ...
bopomofo
Computer; Unicode standard
An alphabetic script used primarily in the Republic of China (Taiwan) to write the sounds of Mandarin Chinese and some other dialects. Each symbol corresponds to either the syllable-initial or ...
boustrophedon
Computer; Unicode standard
A pattern of writing seen in some ancient manuscripts and inscriptions, where alternate lines of text are laid out in opposite directions, and where right-to-left lines generally use glyphs mirrored ...
braille
Computer; Unicode standard
A writing system using a series of raised dots to be read with the fingers by people who are blind or whose eyesight is not sufficient for reading printed material.
braille pattern
Computer; Unicode standard
One of the 64 (for six-dot Braille) or 256 (for eight-dot Braille) possible tangible dot combinations.
byte
Computer; Unicode standard
(1) The minimal unit of addressable storage for a particular computer architecture. (2) An octet. Note that many early computer architectures used bytes larger than 8 bits in size, but the industry ...
octet
Computer; Unicode standard
(1) The minimal unit of addressable storage for a particular computer architecture. (2) An octet. Note that many early computer architectures used bytes larger than 8 bits in size, but the industry ...
