Unicode

British  

/ ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd /

noun

1. computing a character set for all languages

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Unicode Scientific  

/ 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.

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Example Sentences

Proposals for new emojis are reviewed by the Unicode Consortium, an international software standards body that functions sort of like the emoji Hague.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

The first troubles began on Sunday, right after Musk announced the Unicode 𝕏 as Twitter’s new logo.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2023

Google is building a font for the numerals based on the Unicode update, says Craig Cornelius, a Google software engineer who works to digitally preserve endangered languages.

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2023

It was the second most used in the world in 2019 and 2021, according to polls by the Unicode Consortium, beaten only by the “crying/laughing” face, which teenagers have since declared is not cool.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Unicode accepts the ISO 10646 standards, and adds some restrictions and implementation processes.

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim