Unicode

British

/ ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd /

noun

computing a character set for all languages

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Unicode Scientific

/ yo̅o̅′nĭ-kōd′ /

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

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

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2023

Nearly 3,000 miles away, in Oklahoma, Unicode holds similar promise for the Cherokee community.

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2023

The pictogram is a clever cross between two digital Unicode signs — the arcs denoting slumber, the slash designating confusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023

“The red heart is the most O.G. emoji,” said Jennifer Daniel, the head of the emoji subcommittee at the Unicode Consortium.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

But the following two Phonetic diacritical marks do not have a Unicode representation.

From Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader by McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell

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