Unicode
computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems
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Summary
Unicode is a character encoding[1]. Unicode ranks in the top 5% of character encoding entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,133 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: coded character set[3]
- Publisher: Unicode Consortium[4]
- Based on: ISO/IEC 646[5], ISO/IEC 8859[6], ISO/IEC 2022[7], Xerox Character Code Standard[8], Universal Character Set[9]
- Copyright license: Unicode® Copyright and Terms of Use[10]
- Software version identifier: 18.0.0[11]
- Commons category: Unicode[12]
- Publication date: October 1991[13], July 1996[14]
- Has edition or translation: Unicode 1.0[15], Unicode 1.0.0[16], Unicode 1.0.1[17], Unicode 1.1[18], Unicode 1.1.0[19], Unicode 1.1.5[20], Unicode 2.0[21], Unicode 2.1[22], Unicode 2.1.2[23], Unicode 2.1.5[24], Unicode 2.1.8[25], Unicode 2.1.9[26], Unicode 3.0[27], Unicode 3.0.1[28]
- Official website: https://unicode.org/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Unicode[30]
- Commons gallery: Unicode[31]
- Replaces: ISO/IEC 646[32], ISO/IEC 8859[33]
Why It Matters
Unicode has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Unicode is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]