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UCS-2

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UCS-2

Summary

UCS-2 is a character encoding scheme[1]. UCS-2 draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (character_encoding_scheme category, ranking #3 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • UCS-2's instance of is recorded as character encoding scheme[3].
  • UCS-2 was followed by UTF-16[4].
  • UCS-2's described at URL is recorded as https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.1?topic=unicode-ucs-2-its-relationship-utf-16[5].
  • UCS-2's different from is recorded as UTF-16[6].

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Designation and Status

UCS-2's instance of is recorded as character encoding scheme[3].

Why It Matters

UCS-2 draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (character_encoding_scheme category, ranking #3 of 3).[2] UCS-2 has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). UCS-2. Retrieved October 6, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ucs-2
MLA “UCS-2.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 6 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ucs-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ucs-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{UCS-2}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ucs-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-06}}
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  1. 5w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Wikidata description → —
    Instance of → character encoding scheme
    Different from → UTF-16
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 2699, Add qualifier to File Format Wiki page ID `UCS-2`"
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