Unicode Explained
by Jukka K. Korpela
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Fundamentally, computers just deal with numbers. They store letters and other characters by assigning a number for each one. There are hundreds of different encoding systems for mapping characters to numbers, but Unicode promises a single mapping. Unicode enables a single software product or website to be targeted across multiple platforms, languages and countries without re-engineering. It's no wonder that industry giants like Apple, Hewlett-Packard, IBM andMicrosoft have all adopted show more Unicode. Containing everything you need to understand Unicode, this comprehensive reference from show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Unicode Explained
- Original publication date
- 2006-06-28
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- Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 005.722 — Computer science, information & general works Computer science, knowledge & systems Artificial Intelligence/Virtual Reality Data in computer systems Preparation and Representation Character sets; eg. Unicode
- LCC
- QA268 .K67 — Science Mathematics Mathematics Algebra
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- English
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