Difference between revisions of "Unicode"

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Unicode is a character encoding standard used to allow computers to represent all of the known writing systems of the world. Unicode specifies encoding schemes such as UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32. The most popular encoding scheme is UTF-8. UTF-8 characters are represented with one to four bytes. For example, the English letters of the Latin script are encoded with one byte.

References

The Unicode standard

External links

UTF-8 samples
UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ
Public domain database of Unicode 4.0 characters

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+'''Unicode''' is a [[character encoding]] [[standard]] used to allow [[computer]]s to represent all of the known [[writing]] systems of the world.  Unicode specifies encoding schemes such as UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32. The most popular encoding scheme is UTF-8. UTF-8 characters are represented with one to four [[byte]]s. For example, the English letters of the Latin script are encoded with one byte.
-'''Unicode''' is an [[code|encoding]] [[standard]] used to allow [[computer]]s to represent all of the known [[writing]] systems of the world.  Unicode encodes characters in codes of one, two, or four [[byte]]s.
 ==References==
 *[http://www.unicode.org/ The Unicode standard]
+== External links ==
+* [http://www.kermitproject.org/utf8.html UTF-8 samples]
+* [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ]
+* [http://scotdoyle.com/common-character-database-of-2003.html Public domain database] of Unicode 4.0 characters
 [[Category:Computer Science]]
-[[Category:Information technology]]
+[[Category:Information Technology]]