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Unicode

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001280

An international information technology standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. It assigns a unique number, called a code point, to each character, which allows for the exchange of text data across different platforms and languages. The standard is maintained by the Unicode Consortium and its latest version defines over 149,000 characters from 161 modern and historic scripts.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001280
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectBits and Bytes
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-001280",
  "term": "Unicode",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "An international information technology standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. It assigns a unique number, called a code point, to each character, which allows for the exchange of text data across different platforms and languages. The standard is maintained by the Unicode Consortium and its latest version defines over 149,000 characters from 161 modern and historic scripts.",
  "subject": "Bits and Bytes",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/unicode/"
}

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