Unicode

== English == === Alternative forms === unicode === Etymology === Published as a draft proposal in 1988, “intended to suggest a unique, unified, universal encoding”. From uni- +‎ code. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈjunɪˌkoʊd/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd/ Rhymes: -əʊd === Proper noun === Unicode (international standards, computing) A series of character encoding standards intended to support the characters used by a large number of the world’s languages. (computing) The Unicode standards, together with standards for representing character strings as byte strings. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Unicode (uncountable) (computing, by extension, informal) Characters from a contextually different script, often used in a nonstandard fashion. Sometimes used as an antonym to the characters of the Latin alphabet. === See also === ASCII EBCDIC UTF-7 UTF-8 UTF-16 Appendix:Unicode Appendix:Unicode/Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs === Further reading === Unicode website === Anagrams === doucine == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Unicode. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈju.ni.kod/ === Proper noun === Unicode m (computing) Unicode (series of computer encoding standards) ==== Usage notes ==== Although it graphically starts with a vowel, the starting semi-consonantal sound causes the article form to be used to be lo instead of l'. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Unicode. === Proper noun === Unicode m (computing) Unicode (series of computer encoding standards) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Unicode. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uniˈkode/ [u.niˈko.ð̞e] Rhymes: -ode Syllabification: U‧ni‧co‧de IPA(key): /júnikowd/ [júnikou̯ð] Rhymes: -ikowd === Proper noun === Unicode m (computing) Unicode (series of computer encoding standards)