Difference between revisions of "Unicode"
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| − | Unicode is a codification for characters. It pretends to replace [[ASCII]] as it allows (almost) all universally available characters to be encoded. | + | [http://www.unicode.org Unicode] is a codification for characters. It pretends to replace [[ASCII]] as it allows (almost) all universally available characters to be encoded. |
In Unicode, as opposed to ASCII, a single character might need more than one byte to encode. | In Unicode, as opposed to ASCII, a single character might need more than one byte to encode. | ||
More information can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode Wikipedia's Unicode article]. | More information can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode Wikipedia's Unicode article]. | ||
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| + | '''NOTE:''' [[aMule]] is a '''separate''' project and is '''not''' realated to Unicode in any way. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:07, 11 November 2005
Unicode is a codification for characters. It pretends to replace ASCII as it allows (almost) all universally available characters to be encoded.
In Unicode, as opposed to ASCII, a single character might need more than one byte to encode.
More information can be found at Wikipedia's Unicode article.
NOTE: aMule is a separate project and is not realated to Unicode in any way.
