Unicode

/ (ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd) /

noun

computing a character set for all languages

Example sentences from the Web for unicode

Transcriber's Notes: This version of this manual uses the unicode character set.

A Manual of Pronunciation |Otis Ashmore
Your browser must support the Unicode character set to use this file.

Beowulf |Unknown
While unicode is fairly complete, it does not have every possible character.

A Manual of Pronunciation |Otis Ashmore
I used the Unicode combining diacritical to indicate a long o in Hreseos.

Notes & Queries,No. 31., Saturday, June 1, 1850 |Various

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

The English Village Community |Frederic Seebohm

Scientific definitions for unicode

Unicode

[ yōō′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.

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Unicode

noun

Example sentences from the Web for unicode

Scientific definitions for unicode