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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byte order mark (BOM)

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The Unicode character U+FEFF when used to indicate the byte order of a text.

byte serialization

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The order of a series of bytes determined by a computer architecture.

byte-swapped

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Reversal of the order of a sequence of bytes.

canonical

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(1) Conforming to the general rules for encoding—that is, not compressed, compacted, or in any other form specified by a higher protocol. (2) Characteristic of a normative mapping and form of ...

canonical composition

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A step in the algorithm for Unicode Normalization Forms, during which decomposed sequences are replaced by primary composites, where possible.

canonical composition algorithm

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Starting from the second character in the coded character sequence (of a Canonical Decomposition or Compatibility Decomposition) and proceeding sequentially to the final character, perform the ...

canonical decomposable character

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A character that is not identical to its canonical decomposition. It may also be known as a canonical precomposed character or a canonical composite character. * For example, U+00E0 Latin small ...