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Unicode (Computer character set)

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info:lc/authorities/sh98000843
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Character sets (Data processing)

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Unicode Label from public data source Wikidata
Unicode
Unicode (Computer character set)
Unicode (jeu de caractères)

Sources

found: Work cat.: 97-153339: Proceedings : Seventh International Unicode Conference, San Jose, California, September 14-15, 1995, 1995.

found: MAG3, Feb. 13, 1998(UNICODE is a vast improvement over ASCII for universal computing communications, as it allows far more characters to be represented. UNICODE uses a 16-bit length, and will allow for 65,536 characters, which will allow for the inclusion of the alphabets and ideograms of most of the world's languages)

Change Notes

1998-02-13: new

1998-03-13: revised

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