Unicode

/ ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd /

noun

1. computing a character set for all languages

Unicode

/ yo̅o̅′nĭ-kōd′ /

1. A computer standard for encoding characters. Each character is represented by sixteen bits. Whereas ASCII, being an 8-bit encoding scheme, can only represent 256 characters, Unicode has 65,536 combinations, enabling it to encode the letters of all written languages as well as thousands of characters in languages such as Japanese and Chinese.

Example Sentences

This book contains Unicode characters, such as c (c with combining macron).

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However, these two characters are not supported by many common fonts; so images have been substituted for the Unicode characters.

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This text includes a few characters that require utf-8 (unicode) file encoding.

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If the following Greek symbols do not appear (β, γ, λ, κ) in your browser then a Unicode font should be selected.

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In the printed text it was not clear whether the author intended hacek (Unicode caron)  or breve .

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